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Spot Forecast for West wildcat...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
630 PM CDT Fri May 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 10.
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...Minimum RHs in the 20s to potentially high teens in
sandier soils near spot location expected through Monday. North-
northeast winds will be on the decrease through Saturday with
gusts near 15mph during the morning decreasing below 10mph through
the evening. Off surface winds behave similarly, sustained from
the north near 15kts through the morning, decreasing near 10 kts
from the northeast through the evening.

South winds on Sunday will remain light with smoke dispersal
remaining "good".

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........61 at ignition...Max 72.
RH..................50 percent at ignition...Min 28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    North winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3900 ft AGL
                    increasing to 4900 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /29400 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /61400 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   4   1   2   2   2   0   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............61  64  66  68  69  70  70  70
RH..............50  43  38  33  31  29  29  28
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  13  13  12  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.7
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.15  15  14  14  15  13  13  12
SDspl kt-ft/100029  44  47  51  61  53  54  47

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 45.
RH..................Max 68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    overnight, then becoming light after 3 am
                    becoming southeast around 5 mph after 3 am
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL decreasing to 300 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast
                    12 to 13 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (39000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........2      3      3      3      5      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............70     64     56     53     50     46
RH..............28     35     47     52     61     68
20 ft wind......NE 4   NE 2   E 2    SE 4   SE 5   SE 5
20 ft wind gust.9      8      8      13     14     14
Mix hgt (ft)....4300   400    300    400    400    400
Transport wind..N 10   NE 7   E 9    SE 14  SE 14  SE 12
SDspl kt-ft/100039     2      3      5      5      4

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 78.
RH..................Min 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 3200 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (44500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........4      4      3      3      2      1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............46     50     60     68     75     77
RH..............63     54     42     36     32     30
20 ft wind......SE 4   SE 5   S 6    S 7    S 6    S 7
20 ft wind gust.14     14     15     16     16     16
Mix hgt (ft)....600    1100   1800   2600   3100   3200
Transport wind..S 14   S 15   S 15   S 16   S 16   S 16
SDspl kt-ft/10007      14     23     36     43     45

$$
Forecaster...JR
Requested by...Kyle Coopman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/09/25
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.EMAIL kyle.coopman@wisconsin.gov