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FNUS73 KARX 080925
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCOY RX 3...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
425 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 CDT ON APRIL 08.
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
AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING NORTHEASTWARD THIS
MORNING AND SHOULD BE CLEAR OF THE AREA BY 8AM. DRY CONDITIONS
THEN DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE MINIMUM RH
FALLING TO AROUND 45-50 PERCENT. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35-40 MPH.
GIVEN THE GUSTY WINDS, FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL AT IGNITION TIME WILL
QUICKLY INCREASE TO EXCELLENT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. GUSTS
DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION, BRINGING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM
(70-90%) AFTER 4PM.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...14 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........36 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 16 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTS UP TO 37 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2800 FT AGL
INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 33
TO 38 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
DECREASING TO AROUND 28 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /21700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /130700 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........80 83 81 65 49 47 48 31 37 63 80 83
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............30 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 40 70
CHC OF THDR (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............36 37 38 43 47 52 56 61 63 64 65 63
RH..............75 74 75 69 68 61 60 53 52 51 50 55
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 13 15 17 18 19 20 20 20 18 17
20 FT WIND GUST.27 27 28 30 33 33 33 33 32 32 28 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.1 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.8 3.3 3.7 4.0 2.9 2.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 22 24 28 30 30 33 37 38 37 28 28
SDSPL KT-FT/100022 21 29 42 54 60 81 111 128 131 71 57
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE EVENING.
CWR.................90 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...14 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 23
MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 16 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (39300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........90 91 84 71 50 21 5 6 2 2 10 2
WEATHER COV.....DEF LKY CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............90 60 50 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............61 58 52 49 46 45 43 41 40 38 36 35
RH..............60 68 80 86 89 82 82 82 79 79 84 82
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.23 20 18 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 17 13 13 12 10 12 14 15 15 16 16
SDSPL KT-FT/100039 17 10 8 6 5 6 7 9 11 11 13
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 9 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 7 5 9 13 14 15 16 23 30 37 53
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............33 32 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 53 54 54
RH..............84 85 77 68 62 55 49 45 40 39 38 40
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 7 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.1 2.3 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 21 22 21 20 18 17 16 15 13 9
SDSPL KT-FT/100014 17 43 57 59 62 63 61 61 58 46 26
FORECASTER...NF
REQUESTED BY...SAM MATELSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609018.2/ARX
.DELDT 04/08/26
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