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Spot Forecast for Curtis Prairie Rx...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
456 AM CST Mon Mar 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 CST on March 03.
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...Increasing moisture will keep RHs in the 50s into
early this afternoon, eventually bottoming out in the 40s shortly
thereafter. Small chances for light precipitation reach the spot
near 8am, progressing to the northeast into the early afternoon.
Overall low confidence, increasing as the preciptiation band
pushes tnortheast of the area.

Higher, heavier precipitation chances initially reach the spot
area overnight. Precipitation potential increases just east of the
Mississippi River Valley. Therefore, may not see radar returns but
still could experience rainfall.

Widespread heavy rainfall pushes from west to east through Tuesday
morning. Current confidence suggests rainfall amounts near 1.25"
by Wednesday morning. Expect a change over to snow through
Wednesday. Lower snow accumulations expected.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain early in the morning. Chance of rain late
                    in the morning, then slight chance of rain
                    early in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 30 percent early in
                    the morning, then decreasing to 10 percent in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 55.
RH..................Min 50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (38300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........46     67     78     88     55     48
Weather cov.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     20     20     20     0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............30     30     38     44     52     55
RH..............58     69     64     60     50     51
20 ft wind......S 5    S 6    S 8    S 9    S 9    S 10
20 ft wind gust.14     15     19     18     18     19
Mix hgt (ft)....700    900    1400   1400   2200   2100
Transport wind..S 13   S 15   S 17   S 16   S 17   S 20
SDspl kt-ft/10008      11     22     20     33     37

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    late in the evening.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 50 percent late in the
                    evening.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Temperature.........Min 41.
RH..................Max 93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (9100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........72     85     92     100    100    100
Weather cov.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10     10     40     40     50
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............48     46     46     46     43     42
RH..............63     68     68     71     86     93
20 ft wind......S 7    S 7    S 8    S 8    S 7    S 6
20 ft wind gust.15     18     18     18     19     16
Mix hgt (ft)....800    800    900    1100   1100   1100
Transport wind..S 14   S 16   S 17   S 17   S 16   S 14
SDspl kt-ft/10009      12     14     16     15     13

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Rain likely early in
                    the morning, then rain in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
CWR.................100 percent.
Chance of thunder...12 percent.
Temperature.........Max 53.
RH..................Min 74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around
                    19 mph shifting to the east around 8 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (23500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........100    100    100    100    100    100
Weather cov.....LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............60     60     80     100    100    100
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............41     44     50     53     52     51
RH..............100    93     83     74     77     80
20 ft wind......S 5    S 6    S 6    SE 7   SE 7   SE 8
20 ft wind gust.13     14     15     16     18     19
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   1000   1400   1500   1400   1400
Transport wind..S 12   S 14   S 16   S 17   S 15   SE 16
SDspl kt-ft/100010     12     20     23     18     20

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Forecaster...JR
Requested by...Kyle LaZotte
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2504191.0/ARX
.DELDT 03/03/25
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.EMAIL kyle.lazotte@wisconsin.gov