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Spot Forecast for Wabasha Prairie Pile...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
747 AM CST Mon Feb 24 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on February 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (608) 784-8292 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

There is a low chance (10 to 20%) of some rain showers late this
afternoon into this evening. The chance of wetting rain is low (10%)
as rain totals are mostly between a trace to a couple hundredths.
Minimum relative humidity values will mostly range between 50 and
60%. West to west northwest winds are expected through Tuesday
afternoon, then winds shift to the southwest. The highest wind gusts
will be this morning into the afternoon where gusts could approach
25 mph. As winds die down during the overnight and early morning
hours, smoke dispersal will be POOR or FAIR this morning and Tuesday
morning. There still remains a few inches of snow on the ground.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........44 at ignition...Max 53.
RH..................68 percent at ignition...Min 46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    West winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3100 ft AGL
                    increasing to 3300 ft AGL late in the
                    afternoon, then decreasing to 1200 ft AGL late
                    in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 26 mph decreasing to around 15 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /18100 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /70600 knot-ft/.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43  28  27  25  42  64  64  75  77
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............44  46  50  52  53  53  53  52  50
RH..............68  65  56  52  48  46  46  48  50
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   9   9   9   8   6   5
20 FT wind gust.19  20  20  20  19  19  18  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.7 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.3 2.9 1.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.17  22  23  24  26  26  24  21  15
SDspl kt-ft/100018  32  37  51  66  71  68  51  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Temperature.........Min 32.
RH..................Max 82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 12 mph decreasing to 8 to 9 mph
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3500 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........67  64  68  71  70  54  44  43  42  39  42  44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  45  43  42  41  39  38  37  36  36  34  34
RH..............54  63  67  67  70  79  79  79  79  75  82  82
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.11  9   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   8   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  8   8   8   9   12  12  10  10  8   8   9
SDspl kt-ft/10006   4   4   4   5   7   7   5   6   4   5   8

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 47.
RH..................Min 56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 7 mph shifting to the south 9 to
                    12 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (17000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46  43  42  44  48  50  49  40  30  23  30  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............33  33  34  38  40  42  42  44  45  47  45  44
RH..............78  82  82  70  67  65  65  60  60  56  60  62
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.6 1.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   6   7   7   7   7   6   8   9   10  12
SDspl kt-ft/10005   5   5   8   10  12  15  10  14  17  15  12

$$
Forecaster...JRC
Requested by...Ben Halverson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2503215.2/ARX
.DELDT 02/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL benjamin_halverson@fws.gov