487
FNUS73 KARX 110745
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH BUTLER RX...WISCONSIN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
245 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 11.
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
IT WILL SUNNY TODAY. AT IGNITION, TEMPERATURES WILL BE
IN THE MID-50S WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL
BE FAIR, BUT SHOULD IMPROVE TO GOOD BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO
THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE NEAR 60 WITH
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 1 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 6400 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /29100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/43100 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 1 1 17 23 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 55 57 59 60 60
RH..............35 35 31 30 29 31
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 1 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 6 6 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.8 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 7 8 8
SDSPL KT-FT/100029 30 38 39 43 39
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...16 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 20 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........16 27 37 42 49 48 72 60 57 86 84 79
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 40 40 60 60
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 20 10 10
TEMP............61 59 57 52 50 49 48 48 48 47 45 45
RH..............30 36 38 44 46 48 49 49 54 58 65 68
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 12 14 15 18 20 21 22 23 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 3.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S SE S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 18
SDSPL KT-FT/100036 23 3 4 4 5 6 8 9 13 15 14
FORECASTER...JSB
REQUESTED BY...KYLE JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/11/26
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.EMAIL KYLE.JOHNSON@WISCONSIN.GOV
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