335
FNUS73 KARX 300800
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDFORD FARMS RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
300 AM CDT THU APR 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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
A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH A CHANCE (20-40%)
FOR SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TRACE TO A
COUPLE HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH WOULD BE LIKELY UNDERNEATH ANY
PASSING SHOWERS. MINIMUM RHS WILL FALL TO AROUND 40 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON BUT COULD FALL INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE IF SKY COVER IS
LESS THAN EXPECTED (10% CHANCE). SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE
EXCELLENT FROM IGNITION TIME AND THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT
ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE IF SKY COVER
CLEARS MORE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 49.
RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5800 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /61500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /81900 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........64 59 71 59 63 52 56
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 20 30 30 20 20
TEMP............43 45 45 47 48 48 49
RH..............53 49 49 45 44 44 40
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.8 5.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 13 15 15 16
SDSPL KT-FT/100062 61 62 62 66 75 82
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SPRINKLES EARLY IN THE EVENING. WIDESPREAD
FROST OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (73100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........44 36 39 30 35 24 26 32 35 24 26 24
WEATHER COV.....CHC WID WID WID WID WID WID
WEATHER TYPE....RW FST FST FST FST FST FST
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 46 43 39 37 34 32 31 30 30 29 29
RH..............40 42 47 57 61 66 69 72 75 75 78 81
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 11 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 3.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 10 8 8 7 7 5 5 5 3 3
SDSPL KT-FT/100073 46 7 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST
EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........54 48 28 45 50 57 57 55 54 54 53 49
WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST FST RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............29 29 33 37 41 43 45 46 48 49 50 50
RH..............81 81 72 61 53 49 43 42 39 36 34 33
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 8 9 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14
FORECASTER...JRN
REQUESTED BY...AARON KOHLRUSCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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