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SPOT FORECAST FOR GEHLAR PRESCRIBED FIRE...WISCONSIN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
745 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0755 CDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AFTER A COLD AND FROSTY START...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR 60.
LOOK FOR LIGHT WEST WINDS THIS MORNING...TURNING SOUTHWEST LATE THIS
MORNING AND INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND 10 TO
15 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS IN THE 20S TO START WILL SLOWLY CLIMB
TO NEAR 30F WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE BETWEEN 25 AND 28 PERCENT.
CLOUDS WILL THICKEN FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
CHANCES OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS INCREASING AFTER 2 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
TOTAL ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MID TO LATE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /7800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /44500 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT
                    (52500-60400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............35     44     48     55     58     59
RH..............67     45     39     32     30     33
20 FT WIND......W 1    SW 3   SW 4   SW 5   SW 6   S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      5             15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...REM
REQUESTED BY...JIM HOLZWART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130513.GEHLA.01/MKX