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FNUS73 KARX 291738
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR WINTER SPORTS RX...US FOREST SERVCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1238 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON MAY 01.
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
MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR FRIDAY. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE POOR
FOR FRIDAY MORNING AS LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS, AROUND 2 TO 5 MPH,
WILL BE PRESENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL CONDITIONS GET BETTER AS
NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH FOR THE LATER MORNING
AND AFTERNOON PERIODS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S
TO AROUND 50F. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE CURRENTLY
FORECASTED TO BE IN THE 30 TO 35% RANGE.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........30 AT IGNITION...MAX 49.
RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2400 FT AGL
INCREASING TO 7700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /3700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /84900 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 37 41 45 48 50 53 54 54 55 49
WEATHER COV.....WID
WEATHER TYPE....FST
TSTM COV........
CWR.............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
TEMP............30 34 37 41 43 44 46 47 48 49 48
RH..............78 67 58 50 47 42 40 38 37 36 35
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW NW NW N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 9 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 2.4 4.1 5.9 6.3 6.7 7.1 7.3 7.5 7.7 6.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 9 12 15 14 13 12 12 13 13 13
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 20 42 76 75 74 71 73 83 85 72
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST
AFTER 3 AM.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 27.
RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 2
TO 3 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (58200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........42 36 31 26 21 21 20 20 20 19 19 17
WEATHER COV..... WID WID WID
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST
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............48 47 44 40 37 35 33 31 30 29 28 28
RH..............36 35 40 44 50 54 58 63 66 69 71 73
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NE NE NE NE N N NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 11 9 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.3 4.1 2.8 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N NE NE N N N NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 10 9 8 8 7 6 5 3 2
SDSPL KT-FT/100058 45 28 14 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL LATE IN
THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 8200 FT AGL
LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 5800 FT AGL
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 15 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (106800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........15 13 15 17 19 23 26 30 31 33 34 32
WEATHER COV.....WID WID
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST
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............28 30 34 39 44 48 51 53 55 56 57 57
RH..............72 68 60 52 45 41 38 36 34 33 33 34
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W W NW NW NW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 7 9 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.4 1.8 3.7 5.4 6.3 6.9 7.2 7.9 8.2 7.8 5.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 3 6 9 12 14 15 15 15 15 14 13
SDSPL KT-FT/10000 1 9 30 54 76 90 94 103 107 93 64
FORECASTER...JRC
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL SOLARZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/29/26
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