Suppression Forecast Issued by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
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FNUS73 KMKX 231251
FWSMKX
Spot Forecast for Lund-County Line-Prairie...USFWS
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
751 AM CDT Mon Apr 23 2018
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 23.
Please contact the National Weather Service if conditions become
unrepresentative or if you have questions/concerns about this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Dew points will remain low today, similar to yesterday.
Highs today will be a bit warmer than yesterday as well.
Winds will be steady out of the east northeast today, backing
more to the north later tonight. Look for varying coverage, mostly
scattered, of a high based cloud cover.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
Temperature.........46 at ignition...Max 65.
RH..................50 percent at ignition...Min 25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 5 mph at
ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming
northeast 5 to 9 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 200-1500 ft
AGL increasing to 2200-3900 ft AGL late in the
morning.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
/38700 knot-ft/.
Haines Index........5 or moderate at ignition...max 5.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........32 32 32 35 38 40 39 36 34 33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............46 49 54 57 60 62 63 63 64 62
RH..............50 42 35 31 28 26 26 29 29 31
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT wind gust.10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.1
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.12 12 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
SDspl kt-ft/10005 9 16 23 32 39 37 36 35 30
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Temperature.........Min 40.
RH..................Max 82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height.......500-2400 ft AGL decreasing to 200-300 ft AGL in
the late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1000-22900 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........34 36 39 43 48 53 57 61 63 64 64 63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............60 58 55 51 47 45 45 44 43 42 41 40
RH..............32 34 41 52 65 68 65 65 67 73 76 79
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N
20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT wind gust.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.13 12 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 7 6 7
Haines index....5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
SDspl kt-ft/100023 8 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
$$
Forecaster...Davis
Requested by...Derek Casbon
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 1807439.0/MKX
.EMAIL derek_casbon@fws.gov