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Issued by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
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FNUS73 KMKX 061131
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Spot Forecast for Festge Rx...Dane County Parks
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
631 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 06.
Please contact the National Weather Service if conditions become
unrepresentative or if you have questions/concerns about this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
20 foot winds will turn out of the west-southwest this afternoon
as low pressure develops in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Sustained readings between 5-10 MPH are forecast, with gusts up to
20 MPH possible. These winds will bring even drier air into
southern Wisconsin from the Great Plains, resulting in minimum
relative humidities in the middle 20 percents locally. Readings
could briefly drop into the lower 20 percents if temperatures warm
more than currently forecast. Recovery to near 80 percent will
occur tonight. A cold front will move across the region tonight,
bringing a northerly wind shift and snow. Minor accumulations
below an inch are possible on grassy surfaces.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........29 at ignition...Max 54.
RH..................66 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise
Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph with
gusts to around 18 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 8 mph increasing to west around
20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /1800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
Max...excellent /97900 knot-ft/ increasing to
excellent (106200 knot-ft) late in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 2 2 1 3 2 2 11 20 24 27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............29 32 37 41 44 46 49 51 52 53 53
RH..............66 61 50 41 35 34 31 29 28 27 28
20 FT wind dir..W W W SW W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 4 5 6 8 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 10 13 16 17 18 18 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.8 3.0 3.7 4.4 5.2 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.2
Transp wind dir.N NW N NW W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 5 7 8 9 10 15 18 18 20 20
SDspl kt-ft/10002 2 11 21 30 39 68 94 98 108 106
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Snow showers
likely and chance of rain showers overnight.
Temperature.........Min 28.
RH..................Max 78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around 19
mph shifting to the north 10 to 12 mph with
gusts to around 19 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 20 mph shifting to the north 16 to
22 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (97200 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (5800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........33 31 28 14 8 26 35 39 54 59 57 44
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC
Weather type.... RW SW SW SW SW
Tstm cov........
Temp............52 50 47 44 43 42 42 41 40 38 35 33
RH..............31 34 38 45 49 50 50 52 55 64 75 75
20 FT wind dir..W W SW SW SW SW SW W W NW N N
20 FT wind spd..8 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 9 11 10
20 FT wind gust.17 14 12 14 16 14 18 18 19 18 18 19
Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.6
Transp wind dir.W W W SW SW SW W W NW N N N
Transp wind spd.20 13 14 14 15 16 18 17 15 16 22 22
SDspl kt-ft/100097 8 7 6 6 7 9 9 10 15 29 31
$$
Forecaster...Quigley
Requested by...Dane County Parks
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508975.0/MKX
.DELDT 04/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cole.christopher@danecounty.gov