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SPOT FORECAST FOR STERR ROAD...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
906 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY. THE RAIN OVER WESTERN WI
WILL NOT MAKE IT EASTWARD TO THE BURN LOCATION UNTIL POSSIBLY THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS COULD SPREAD NORTHWARD AND REACH THE BURN SITE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN RAIN.

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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 AT IGNITION...MAX 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 63 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 2.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /26700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /46000 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....       ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............50     52     53     49
RH..............63     61     59     66
20 FT WIND......NE 14  NE 14   N 10   N 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 94 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4600-48000 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 NUMRUS SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............46     41     39     37     37     37
RH..............71     79     82     85     85     89
20 FT WIND......N 10   N 10   N 10   N 10   N 9    N 9
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     25     25     20
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...CRONCE
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SALLMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130502.STERR.01/MKX