FNUS73 KGRB 171504 FWSGRB SPOT FORECAST FOR SANDPIPER SOUTH...DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1004 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MAY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DUE TO SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN A DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM AND AN APPROACHING LOW. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY...WITH SOME LIGHT SPRINKLES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LINGER NEAR A WARM FRONT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT SUNNY AND MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL OCCUR FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 73. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...31 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN 4000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AT AROUND 18 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN SOUTH 22 TO 27 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....58700 /GOOD/ AT IGNITION...THEN 91300 /EXCELLENT/. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 68 69 71 67 RH..............33 31 27 31 37 20 FT WIND......SE 5 S 9 S 11 S 11 S 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...MG REQUESTED BY...HENRY SULLIVAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120517.SANDP.01/GRB