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Spot Forecast for VC Islands...USFWS
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
834 AM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 17.
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...

a few showers and storms today with widespread showers and storms tonight.
Some of the storms this evening. Southeast winds will be on the
strong side today at 10 to 20 mph with gusts 15 to 25 mph. Lowest
RH around 50 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    rain showers late in the afternoon. Slight
                    chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 30 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Temperature.........51 at ignition...Max 64.
RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 10 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise South winds 10 to 12 mph
                    with gusts to around 23 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2700 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....South 21 to 26 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /26500 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /62800 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  67  71  74  81  80  80  87
Weather cov.....        SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH
CWR.............10  10  20  20  30  30  30  30
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   10  10  10  20  20
Temp............51  54  59  62  63  64  64  64
RH..............52  52  49  50  52  56  56  57
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  11  12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.21  22  22  23  23  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.21  24  24  25  26  25  24  25
SDspl kt-ft/100027  39  43  53  63  50  44  39

$$
Forecaster...CZ
Requested by...Ben Halverson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510874.0/ARX
.DELDT 04/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL benjamin_halverson@fws.gov