Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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Spot Forecast for Sand Creek 11 & Barrens...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
357 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 06.
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...Light winds will pick up out of the southwest later
this morning, becoming breezy this afternoon. Initially poor to fair
smoke dispersal this morning due to the light winds should
quickly improve to excellent by midday. Warmer temperatures on
tap with highs in the mid to upper 50s, and deep dry low level
mixing will again yield low RH values this afternoon of 20-25%.
RH could dip a bit lower if temperatures warm more than expected.
A band of rain/snow showers may brush west-central Wisconsin
(40-50% chance) as it drops south late tonight, but it is unlikely
to wet the ground. Additional flurries/sprinkles possible on
Monday.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........47 at ignition...Max 57.
RH..................35 percent at ignition...Min 24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise
Light winds becoming west 6 to 11 mph with
gusts to around 21 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 16 mph increasing to west 20 to
24 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /71800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
Max...excellent /152700 knot-ft/.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38 43 37 43 49 40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............47 51 53 56 56 57
RH..............35 30 27 24 24 24
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..8 10 10 11 11 10
20 FT wind gust.18 20 20 21 21 21
Mix hgt (kft)...4.2 5.2 6.1 6.7 7.3 6.9
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.20 23 22 24 24 24
SDspl kt-ft/100072 103 116 141 153 146
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers late in the evening. Chance of
rain showers in the late evening and overnight,
then slight chance of rain showers overnight.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 50 percent in the late
evening and overnight, then decreasing to 10
percent after 3 am.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Temperature.........Min 25.
RH..................Max 69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around 19
mph shifting to the north 9 to 10 mph with
gusts to around 23 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 22 mph shifting to the north late in
the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (108800 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (7500 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28 59 68 76 83 81 79 81 78 64 60 53
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 10 20 40 40 50 40 20 10 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............56 54 49 46 44 42 39 37 34 32 30 29
RH..............26 30 37 45 51 55 59 64 66 69 69 69
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W NW N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..9 7 6 6 6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.19 16 14 15 15 16 20 23 21 22 21 22
Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.22 15 14 14 14 14 17 21 21 22 20 21
SDspl kt-ft/1000109 15 13 8 9 12 19 36 41 44 33 43
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Chance of
flurries in the morning and early afternoon.
Chance of sprinkles in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Temperature.........Max 39.
RH..................Min 27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL increasing to 6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 20 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (49900 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (123300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48 50 36 36 43 49 51 49 44 39 35 28
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... SW SW SW SW SW RS RS RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............27 27 27 29 31 33 35 36 37 38 39 39
RH..............68 65 60 53 45 39 35 32 31 28 27 27
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..10 10 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10
20 FT wind gust.21 20 21 21 20 19 19 18 18 19 19 16
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 3.5 3.5 4.2 4.8 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.9 5.7
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.22 22 22 21 22 21 21 20 20 21 21 20
SDspl kt-ft/100050 66 66 76 91 95 101 101 106 118 123 97
$$
Forecaster...MK
Requested by...Clint Gilman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508899.1/ARX
.DELDT 04/06/25
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.EMAIL clint.gilman@wisconsin.gov