531
FNUS73 KARX 301115
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR COULEE FOREST RX BURN...WI DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
615 AM CDT WED APR 30 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 30.
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
DIURNAL MIXING HEIGHTS TO BETWEEN 3000-5000 FEET INTO A DRIER
AIRMASS ALOFT WILL ALLOW RHS TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30%
RANGE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. IF MIXING IS ABLE TO OVERACHIEVE, RHS
MAY FALL AS LOW AS 25%. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN UNDER 10 MPH
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM THE SOUTH. WITH ROBUST MIXING TAKING
PLACE TODAY, SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL REMAIN GOOD FOR MUCH OF THE DAY
AFTER IGNITION. SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH
MEDIUM PROBABILITIES (40-80%) FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 0.2"
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2400 FT AGL
INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /22900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/57700 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........38 48 32 25 53 56 64 52
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
TEMP............54 57 60 62 64 65 65 65
RH..............59 51 46 41 37 35 35 37
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 14 13 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.4 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 15 13 13 14 15
SDSPL KT-FT/100023 34 51 51 47 50 58 56
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT,
THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
EAST OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 9 TO
10 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (32200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........74 71 63 94 93 92 93 93 93 92 91 91
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 20 20 20 30 30 30 50 60 70 60 70
TEMP............64 62 59 57 56 55 53 52 52 51 51 50
RH..............40 46 53 59 64 66 71 77 77 83 83 83
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 11 12 14 13 12 13 13 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 9 9 10 8 12 10 9 10 9 9 10
SDSPL KT-FT/100032 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 6
FORECASTER...JRN
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS SEMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2512238.0/ARX
.DELDT 04/30/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHRISTOPHER.SEMANN@WISCONSIN.GOV
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