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Spot Forecast for Whitman...DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
742 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 CDT on May 15.
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.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Strong southwesterly winds continue this evening, subsiding
steadily after 10 pm. Winds remain from the SSW overnight with a
few gusts of 20 to 30 mph for the remainder of the night. Winds
increase again on Friday from the southwest with gusts of 30 to
40 mph. The threat for showers increases Friday afternoon and
lasts into the night. RH values tonight improve to 50 to 60
percent and fall to 30 to 40 percent on Friday.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Temperature.........68 at forecast start...Min 56.
RH..................45 percent at forecast start...Max 57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 18 to 20 mph
                    with gusts to around 47 mph shifting to the
                    south 13 to 17 mph with gusts to around 28 mph
                    late in the evening.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 24 mph shifting to the south 16 to
                    18 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /16100 knot-ft/ at forecast start.
                    Min...poor /5500 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........20  14  17  20  14  8   16  9   13  8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  65  63  62  61  60  60  59  59  58
RH..............45  46  48  50  51  53  53  55  57  57
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..19  19  18  16  15  13  15  16  17  17
20 FT wind gust.47  46  34  22  23  22  23  25  27  28
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   SW  S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.24  21  20  17  16  16  18  18  18  18
SDspl kt-ft/100016  11  7   6   6   7   10  10  9   10

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) early with
                    increasing clouds in the afternoon (50-70
                    percent). Chance of rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 50 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Temperature.........Max 72.
RH..................Min 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 18 to 22 mph shifting to the
                    west around 21 mph late in the afternoon. Gusts
                    up to 40 mph.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL increasing to 4900 ft AGL late in
                    the morning, then increasing to 7100 ft AGL
                    early in the afternoon decreasing to 4800 ft
                    AGL late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 24 mph increasing to 32 to 38
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (208300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (95500
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9   10  14  19  28  46  48  38  48  54  64  64
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   10  10  0   10  10  20  20  20  40  50  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............57  59  61  63  66  69  70  71  72  70  68  66
RH..............59  57  53  48  43  39  36  35  34  36  39  40
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..18  19  20  21  21  21  22  22  22  21  21  21
20 FT wind gust.28  29  32  32  34  35  36  36  35  34  34  33
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.9 1.6 3.1 4.3 4.9 5.5 6.3 7.1 7.0 4.8 3.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
Transp wind spd.20  21  24  32  37  38  36  38  37  37  35  32
SDspl kt-ft/100010  16  33  87  139 161 170 208 227 223 143 96

$$
Forecaster...KS
Requested by...Angela
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/15/25
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.EMAIL angela.yuska@state.mn.us