744
FNUS73 KARX 090941
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR WAAZIJA HACI RX BURN...WISCONSIN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
441 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 09.
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 THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID 50S. THE MINIMUM RH IS EXPECTED TO
FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT WITH MIXING HEIGHTS OF 3-4KFT, BUT MAY
FALL TOWARDS 30 PERCENT IF DEEPER MIXING OCCURS. WINDS WILL BE
FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AROUND 10 MPH OR
LESS. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN MOVES INTO THE REGION AFTER 7PM CDT
(30-50%) BRINGING A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4300 FT AGL IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /55500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /60300 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........23 25 29 28 46 58 72
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 45 48 51 53 53 54
RH..............55 51 44 39 36 36 35
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 5 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 14 14 13 12 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 16 15 15 15 16 15
SDSPL KT-FT/100056 52 51 53 54 60 53
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT IN THE
EVENING, THEN DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6 TO 9
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........76 84 85 84 88 80 78 65 46 40 42 19
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 20 30 40 40 30 10 10 10 10 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 51 49 45 43 41 40 40 38 37 35 34
RH..............38 42 48 58 67 73 76 76 82 85 92 92
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW N N N N N NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 2.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W N N N N N N N NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 8 8 7 7 6 7 6 7 8 9
SDSPL KT-FT/100035 22 9 7 6 5 4 4 3 4 4 3
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (63800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........17 27 22 19 16 12 8 4 4 5 5 4
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............33 32 34 37 41 44 47 50 52 54 54 54
RH..............92 96 85 75 65 55 47 41 36 32 32 32
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 14 13 12 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 1.3 2.3 3.2 3.8 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.2 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 10 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 12
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 3 12 23 32 42 51 55 61 64 57 43
FORECASTER...NF
REQUESTED BY...WRXB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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