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SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDWOOD RX...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
455 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 CDT ON MAY 03.
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
SOUTHERLY COMPONENT OF SURFACE WINDS STATED AS MAIN
CONCERN INTO TONIGHT AS POTENTIAL SMOLDERING OF NORTHEASTERN AREAS
OF PREVIOUS BURN LOCATION ONGOING...
AS STRONG, MAX 20 MPH, WEST-NORTHWEST SURFACE WEAKEN INTO TONIGHT
THEY WILL TURN WEST AND SOUTHWEST ALTHOUGH REMAIN MUCH WEAKER,
POTENTIAL DRIVEN MORESO BY LOCATION TO COLDER WATER AND DRAINAGE
INTO PETENWELL LAKE MAY CAUSE MORE WEST-NORTHWEST COMPONENT GIVEN
THE WEAKER (5-10MPH) SPEED TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND SPEEDS DO
INCREASE MONDAY MORNING, GUSTING UP TO 30MPH BEFORE TURNING WEST
AND SUBSEQUENTLY WEST-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. CURRENT
CONFIDENCE FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHENING NEAR DAYBREAK,
GUSTING 15-20 MPH INITIALLY, AND BECOMING STRONGEST FROM 10-11AM
BEFORE TURNING WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 19
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (113000 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0
TEMP............69 69
RH..............33 32
20 FT WIND DIR..W W
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.19 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...7.4 7.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 18
SDSPL KT-FT/1000126 113
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 10 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (108900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........10 16 12 33 50 50
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............68 61 54 49 48 47
RH..............32 44 55 63 65 63
20 FT WIND......NW 8 W 5 W 4 SW 4 S 4 SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 11 9 12 14
MIX HGT (FT)....6400 600 400 300 300 400
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 20 W 14 W 10 W 8 SW 10 SW 13
SDSPL KT-FT/1000109 8 4 2 3 4
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...9 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 27 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 13 TO 15 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 25
TO 31 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (147900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........59 36 58 52 53 34
WEATHER COV..... S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 10 10 20 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 10 0
TEMP............47 55 64 68 69 68
RH..............65 55 45 40 39 36
20 FT WIND......SW 8 SW 9 SW 12 W 15 W 15 W 15
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 27 26 25 23
MIX HGT (FT)....600 900 2600 5000 5600 6200
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 16 SW 17 SW 28 W 31 W 28 W 28
SDSPL KT-FT/10008 14 63 135 134 148
FORECASTER...JR
REQUESTED BY...LEE JENSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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