FNUS73 KGRB 251449 FWSGRB SPOT FORECAST FOR KNOWELS CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 949 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. ...LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK... .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TODAY...THEN COME TO AN END BY LATE EVENING. ALTHOUGH SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL RESULT IN A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM THE LOW HUMIDITY...A LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON THURSDAY...AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH ABOUT NEXT MONDAY. WITH VERY DRY AIR ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION...HUMIDITY READINGS WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS AGAIN FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AND THE WEEKEND. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 54. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN 2400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 8 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....22900 /FAIR/ AT IGNITION...THEN 13600 /FAIR/. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............51 54 52 52 51 RH..............44 48 54 59 61 20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 3 SE 3 SE 3 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 92 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 19 TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....0 /POOR/. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 46 42 40 38 37 RH..............66 73 86 92 92 89 20 FT WIND......SE 2 E 1 NE 1 N 2 NW 3 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 26 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 23 TO 28 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....121700 /EXCELLENT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............37 41 46 49 50 49 RH..............82 61 43 33 28 26 20 FT WIND......N 10 N 10 N 9 N 9 N 8 N 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...KALLAS REQUESTED BY...TYM SAUTER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120425.KNOWE.01/GRB