FNUS73 KGRB 221508 FWSGRB SPOT FORECAST FOR MENOMINEE RIVER COMPLEX...DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1008 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. .DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE BURN SITE TO LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN DRY...HOWEVER...DESPITE BROKEN MID-LEVEL CLOUDS ARRIVING AHEAD OF SHOWERS MOVING OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. THESE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE BURN SITE AS THEY RUN INTO THE DRIER AIRMASS. EVEN THOUGH WILL HAVE MORE CLOUD COVER TODAY...HUMIDITIES ARE STILL ANTICIPATED TO REACH NEAR CRITICAL CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTS MAY PICK UP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS APPROACHING 20 MPH. WINDS SHOULD FALL OFF TONIGHT...WHICH SHOULD GIVE THE BURN SITE GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 74. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS MAY APPROACH 20 MPH BY MID-AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN 3700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....40200 /GOOD/ AT IGNITION...THEN 54100 /GOOD/. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 71 74 73 RH..............30 27 25 25 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 8 S 10 S 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 17 17 $$ FORECASTER...MPC REQUESTED BY...HENRY SULLIVAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120522.MENOM.01/GRB