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SPOT FORECAST FOR ANDERSON TRIANGLE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
908 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0915 CDT ON JUNE 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT SSE WINDS EXPECTED TODAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE TO 81 TO 82 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT THIS
AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO AROUND 8 MPH OUT OF
THE SOUTH. WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THE LOW
40S...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BECOME MODERATELY LOW AROUND
30 PERCENT.

HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TO
THE OHIO VALLEY REGION TONIGHT. THE HIGH WILL BRING QUIET WEATHER
WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES.

BREEZY SOUTH WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES.  AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS TO BE A BORDERLINE
SITUATION FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BEING MET.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH
                    5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /22900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /46000 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............67     73     78     81     81
RH..............47     37     30     29     30
20 FT WIND......SE 4   SE 6   S 7    S 8    S 8
20 FT WIND GUST.5                    10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 72 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2400-46900 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............78     70     65     64     61     61
RH..............33     47     58     56     65     65
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....M      M      M      M      M      M

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FORECASTER...CRONCE
REQUESTED BY...SHANE OTTO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120626.ANDER.01/MKX