FNUS73 KGRB 261613
FWSGRB

SPOT FORECAST FOR TOWER FIELDS UNIT 12...DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1113 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.

...LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE WEEKEND...

.DISCUSSION...A LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD SOUTH
INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY.
WITH 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. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE...MAY
BRING SOME RELIEF TO THE SOUTHERN ZONES ON SATURDAY WITH A SMALL CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 50.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AT AROUND 31 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN NORTH
                    25 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....157500 /EXCELLENT/ AT IGNITION...THEN 124200
                    /EXCELLENT/.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............44     49     49     47
RH..............45     30     28     28
20 FT WIND......N 14   N 11   N 10   N 10
20 FT WIND GUST.25     20     20     20

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 24.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 75 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 16 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 11 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....70000 /EXCELLENT/ DECREASING TO 800 /POOR/
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....                     AREAS  AREAS  AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   FROST  FROST  FROST
TEMP............44     36     31     28     26     25
RH..............31     45     55     62     69     74
20 FT WIND......N 9    N 5    N 3    N 3    N 2    N 1
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     5      5      5

$$
FORECASTER...KALLAS
REQUESTED BY...KRISTINE BUCHHOLTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120426.TOWER.01/GRB