848
FNUS73 KARX 260911
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLSTON RIDGE RX BURN...WISCONSIN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
411 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON OCTOBER 26.
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
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA FOR TODAY AND MUCH OF
TOMORROW. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN
THE PAST FEW DAYS IN THE LOW 60S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR RHS TO FALL
INTO THE 45-50 PERCENT RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE MORNING TO BETWEEN 8-12 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL COME
DOWN THROUGH THE EVENING, REMAINING STEADY IN THEIR SOUTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION. FULL RH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH RHS
RETURNING TO NEAR 100 PERCENT. CONDITIONS MONDAY WILL BE VERY
SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH NEARLY IDENTICAL RHS AND WINDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 18
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2300 FT AGL
INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/45300 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35 23 25 13 16 16 15 15 9 7
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............37 41 46 51 54 56 58 59 59 57
RH..............100 96 79 66 59 55 49 47 47 49
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 6
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 16 16 18 16 16 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.0 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 13
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 12 17 26 35 41 45 45 14
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST
5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4500 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 50 48 46 44 43 42 41 40 39 39 38
RH..............57 71 77 79 86 86 89 89 89 96 92 92
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 14 15 16 16 16 16 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 14 14 13 13 14 13 12 12 12 12
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58.
RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (58200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 21 10 11 12 7 9 11 14 16 19 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............37 37 39 41 47 51 54 56 57 58 57 55
RH..............96 100 92 96 79 68 59 51 47 44 45 49
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 2.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 14 16 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 18
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 7 11 21 34 42 51 53 57 58 38
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