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FNUS73 KARX 291540
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR ETRINGER BURN...IOWA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1040 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 29.
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
THE LATEST OBSERVATION OUT OF AURORA, IOWA AT 10:31 AM SHOWS A
TEMPERATURE OF 45 DEGREES, A RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 86 PERCENT, AND
WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 10 MPH, GUSTING TO 21 MPH. MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES THIS MORNING WILL BEGIN TO SCATTER OUT WITH SKIES BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. WINDS OUT OF THE
NORTH/NORTHWEST WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY WITH THEIR HIGHEST
SPEEDS LIKELY COMING AROUND IGNITION BETWEEN 10-15 MPH WITH SOME
GUSTS TO 20-25 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY ON. THESE WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR
MIXING HEIGHTS BETWEEN 3000-4000 FT AND EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSAL.
RH VALUES WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AS SKIES CLEAR FALLING TO
BETWEEN 45-50 PERCENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................71 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 15
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3800 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /63400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /63400 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........91 78 55 29 5 7 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............51 53 55 58 59 59 60
RH..............71 66 61 57 53 49 46
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..15 12 12 11 10 9 7
20 FT WIND GUST.22 21 19 18 16 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 22 20 18 17 17 15
SDSPL KT-FT/100063 60 57 56 56 58 48
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 8 TO 10
MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (38400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........5 9 11 22 31 40
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............59 55 48 43 42 39
RH..............45 53 65 79 79 85
20 FT WIND......NW 5 N 2 N 2 E 1 E 2 E 2
20 FT WIND GUST.11 6 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (FT)....3500 600 600 500 500 500
TRANSPORT WIND..N 13 N 7 NE 6 E 6 E 8 E 9
SDSPL KT-FT/100038 4 3 3 4 4
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...9 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.
RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL LATE IN
THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (49600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 41 41 44 47 54 63 71 74 76 79 82
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 20 20 20 20 20 20 50 50 50 50 50
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 0
TEMP............39 38 42 47 53 56 58 60 61 61 62 61
RH..............85 92 89 79 69 66 64 60 58 58 56 58
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.7 9 11 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 13 16 18 20 18 17 17 17 17 16
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 10 21 35 47 49 50 46 43 39 30
FORECASTER...KB
REQUESTED BY...JOE FRIEDEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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