FNUS73 KMKX 311234 FWSMKX SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSENDALE-STEINMETZ...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 734 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A LINGERING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WISCONSIN WILL KEEP NORTHWEST WINDS AT YOU LOCATION GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS. SCATTERED TO BROKEN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL KEEP SKIES PARTLY SUNNY AND LIMIT HIGHS TO 45 TO 47. DRY AIR MOVING IN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH DEW POINTS DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 20S WILL BRING MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDTIES TO AROUND 40 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....43 AT IGNITION...MAX 47. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (14000-60500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT /71800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /94600 KNOT-FT/ LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (40000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............43 44 46 42 RH..............51 47 40 48 20 FT WIND......NW 14 NW 14 NW 12 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 20 HAINES INDEX....3 4 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 27. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 74 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (2400-12800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............39 35 31 29 29 28 RH..............54 59 63 63 66 71 20 FT WIND......NW 8 NW 8 NW 7 NW 6 NW 5 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...REM REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121031.ROSEN.01/MKX