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FNUS73 KARX 080852
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH BUTLER RX...CLARK COUNTY FORESTRY AND PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
352 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 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
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE DRY WEATHER TODAY. AT
IGNITION, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID-40S. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 2 MPH. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE MID-50S. SMOKE
DISPERSION WILL BE FAIR INITIALLY. DURING THE AFTERNOON,
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID-60S. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST
THIS MORNING AND WEST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL 10 TO 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH.
AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE MID-20S.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING. THIS FRONT MIGHT BRING A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 60. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST AT
10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL
BE AROUND 30 PERCENT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 19
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2200 FT AGL
INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN INCREASING TO 8700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 5800 FT AGL LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /14200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /165900 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........25 28 37 36 41 46 61 67 75
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............46 53 57 61 63 65 65 65 67
RH..............56 45 37 32 29 27 27 27 26
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 9 9 10 10 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 12 14 16 16 18 18 19 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 2.2 4.8 7.3 8.3 8.7 8.5 8.0 5.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 17 21 22 22 21 21 16
SDSPL KT-FT/100014 27 72 131 158 166 153 144 81
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...6 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO
10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE WEST AROUND 12 MPH OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO
THE NORTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (61800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........83 63 62 62 62 51 29 23 48 54 63 74
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
TEMP............65 64 61 57 54 52 49 48 47 46 45 44
RH..............29 33 36 42 47 52 58 60 63 65 68 70
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W NW NW W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 9 8 8 9 11 12 12 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W S SW W W NW NW N NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 9 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 9 9
SDSPL KT-FT/100062 13 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...6 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 21
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (124900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........84 85 72 64 57 18 13 10 11 27 19 17
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 30 30 30 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 43 45 47 51 53 55 56 58 59 59 60
RH..............70 76 70 68 56 52 47 43 39 36 33 31
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 14 14 15 18 19 19 20 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.5 2.6 3.2 4.2 5.3 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.9 6.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 15 16 17 17 20 21 20 20 21 21
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 7 20 36 48 63 90 107 96 100 125 117
FORECASTER...JSB
REQUESTED BY...JOHN WENDORSKI FOREST ADMINISTRATOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613100.0/ARX
.DELDT 05/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JOHN.WENDORSKI@CO.CLARK.WI.US
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