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SPOT FORECAST FOR PR 08 09 RX...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
507 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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
CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND, WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING, A VERY
LIGHT BREEZE OUT OF THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
SHOULD LEAD TO RH VALUES DOWN TO AROUND 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
BY IGNITION TIME, THESE WINDS SHOULD BE CONSISTENTLY OUT OF THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL RAPIDLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE
MORNING WITH EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSION EXPECTED BY MIDDAY. A BIT
OF LIGHT RAIN AND/OR SPRINKLES MAY (20%) OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON BUT
AMOUNTS WILL BE MINIMAL, IF ANY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 52.
RH..................61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5500 FT AGL
INCREASING TO 7600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /39600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /98600 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........34 37 42 59 68 68 68 66 65
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 10 20 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............37 42 44 46 48 49 50 50 50
RH..............61 46 41 38 36 35 34 34 34
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.11 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.0 5.5 6.4 7.0 7.3 7.6 6.8 6.9 6.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
SDSPL KT-FT/100040 71 84 90 96 99 88 89 84
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. WIDESPREAD
FROST OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 3
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (71500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........63 58 50 42 36 23 13 6 5 9 13 22
WEATHER COV.....SCH WID WID WID WID WID
WEATHER TYPE....RW FST FST FST FST FST
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 10 10 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............51 49 46 42 40 37 35 33 32 31 31 30
RH..............34 37 43 53 58 65 63 71 71 76 76 79
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 13 11 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.0 4.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N NW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 8 7 7 7 8 6 6 5 3 3
SDSPL KT-FT/100072 53 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.
RH..................MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE IN
THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL
LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 8100 FT AGL
LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 13 TO
17 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (113400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 32 28 22 18 26 35 43 45 43 42 40
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............29 32 35 40 46 50 53 55 57 58 59 58
RH..............82 72 65 55 43 37 34 31 29 29 30 32
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 14 16 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 1.2 2.3 4.5 6.8 7.6 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.3 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 6 9 13 16 16 16 16 17 17 15
SDSPL KT-FT/10001 1 6 19 49 96 106 113 110 113 109 67
FORECASTER...AF
REQUESTED BY...L. NEAL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/01/26
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