FNUS73 KARX 071217 FWSARX SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDWAY RAILROAD PRAIRIE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 717 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE. .DISCUSSION...MOSTLY SUNNY/DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY ALONG WITH FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS. LOOK FOR SOME CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT...BUT NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. DEEP MIXING WILL PRODUCE DRY DEW POINTS/LOW RH IN THE 20-25 PERCENT RANGE. CALM WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS HANGING AROUND 5 MPH. GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY ALSO EXPECTED INTO THE 80-85 PERCENT RANGE TOWARD MORNING. LOOK FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A MID-LEVEL TROUGH DRIFTS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A FEW POINTS HIGHER THAN TODAY WITH MINIMUM VALUES INCREASING INTO THE 33-37 PERCENT RANGE ALONG WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AGAIN AROUND 5-7 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 81. RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /14900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /38700 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..47 47 36 33 33 21 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 62 74 78 80 81 RH..............80 60 40 29 21 21 20 FT WIND......NE 1 NE 1 SE 3 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54. RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1300 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (% OPAQUE)..9 9 26 41 41 44 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............77 68 61 57 56 54 RH..............31 40 49 57 64 74 20 FT WIND......SE 3 SE 3 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78. RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................NONE. HAINES INDEX........MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /95100 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (% OPAQUE)..45 45 49 59 59 75 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 66 74 76 78 77 RH..............74 56 43 37 33 35 20 FT WIND......SE 3 SE 3 S 5 S 5 S 5 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...DS REQUESTED BY...DAN LABER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130507.MIDWA.01/ARX