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FNUS73 KARX 110750
FWSARX
SPOT FORECAST FOR WAR ON WHITE PINE...CLARK COUNTY FORESTRY AND PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
250 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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 LOWER 40S WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
BE IN THE LOWER 50S. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE FAIR, BUT SHOULD IMPROVE
TO GOOD BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON WILL IN THE LOWER 60S WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN
THE UPPER 20S. 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 AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 0 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4500 FT AGL
INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /13600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/40200 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 3 2 3 4 5 17 26 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 49 52 54 56 58 60 60 60
RH..............53 40 36 34 31 29 28 28 28
20 FT WIND DIR..N S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 4.5 5.7 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.2 5.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE NW NW W W W SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 8
SDSPL KT-FT/100014 23 34 30 31 39 39 37 40
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 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 42.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT. MORNING
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 23 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (31200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........20 25 24 30 38 51 69 61 52 86 85 82
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 40 40 50 60
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 20 10 10
TEMP............61 60 57 52 49 48 48 48 48 46 45 44
RH..............28 32 37 43 48 49 49 49 51 60 63 70
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 11 13 14 16 19 20 21 23 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 2.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S SE S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 9 12 12 13 14 17 20 18 18
SDSPL KT-FT/100031 17 3 4 4 4 5 7 11 15 14 15
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................50 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT LATE IN THE
MORNING.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...13 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 11
TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 29
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 24 TO
31 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (172900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........71 57 54 41 36 36 28 20 3 6 40 33
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............50 40 30 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 0 10
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 10
TEMP............44 43 47 50 57 63 67 71 73 72 73 70
RH..............73 79 74 71 59 52 45 39 34 34 31 34
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW W W W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.23 25 23 23 23 23 23 23 25 26 26 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.1 1.7 2.3 2.4 3.6 4.6 5.8 6.3 6.0 6.4 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW W W W W W NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 23 24 23 21 24 24 25 26 28 31 24
SDSPL KT-FT/100016 22 36 47 43 75 96 127 146 144 173 94
FORECASTER...JSB
REQUESTED BY...JOHN WENDORSKI FOREST ADMINISTRATOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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