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SPOT FORECAST FOR BECKER SANDBORN 2...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
758 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CLOUDY...COOL...AND WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THE
WEEKEND AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY. THE LOW WILL EVENTUALLY WEAKEN AND PUSH INTO THE
CARLINAS BY MONDAY.

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AND A RETURN TO SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IS THEN
ANTICIPATED FOR NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44 AT IGNITION...MAX 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 62 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 2.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /41400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /47100 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....              ISOLTD SCTTRD NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............44     48     50     49     47
RH..............68     63     63     66     68
20 FT WIND......N 8    N 9    N 8    N 8    N 8
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     15     20
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS 80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO GOOD (34700-46500 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............42     39     37     35     35     35
RH..............82     85     89     92     92     92
20 FT WIND......N 8    N 8    N 8    N 7    N 6    N 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     15     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...CRAVEN
REQUESTED BY...BEN HALVERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130502.BECKE.01/MKX