729  
FNUS73 KMKX 011150  
FWSMKX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASS LAKE RX BURN...WI DNR  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI  
650 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 01.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IF CONDITIONS BECOME  
UNREPRESENTATIVE OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
DRY WEATHER TODAY WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS. WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY  
THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL  
FALL TO 35 TO 40 % DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. RH VALUES  
WILL BE INCREASING LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AHEAD OF THE EXPECTED SNOW AND  
RAIN/SNOW. CHANCES FOR SNOW AND RAIN/SNOW INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL  
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MIXING HEIGHTS AND TRANSPORT WINDS ARE GOOD WITH  
THE INCREASING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO GREAT VENT RATES.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
AND SNOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
TEMPERATURE.........34 AT IGNITION...MAX 45.  
RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT  
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13  
MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3600 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 16 TO 25 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /30200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.  
MAX...EXCELLENT /72700 KNOT-FT/.  
 
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........31 33 50 63 69 78 87 91 93  
WEATHER COV..... CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RS  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............34 37 39 41 43 44 44 44 41  
RH..............69 61 54 48 45 39 39 38 42  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 16 16 17 18 18 18 19  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 18 20 20 22 22 23 24 25  
SDSPL KT-FT/100030 41 48 54 65 69 72 73 67  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY AND CHANCE  
OF RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.  
RH..................MAX 99 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 31  
MPH INCREASING TO 36 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER  
3 AM.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 23 TO 28 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (53800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO FAIR (20100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........96 100 96 94 94 94 97 100 99 100 100 100  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY CHC CHC SCH CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN RS RS RS RN RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH  
TEMP............37 35 34 35 37 38 38 38 38 38 39 38  
RH..............52 64 72 72 70 70 76 85 89 89 89 92  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 14 14 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 16  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 21 22 22 22 22 23 25 28 28 28 29  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 25 25 24 23 26 25 24 25 28 28 28  
SDSPL KT-FT/100054 31 25 22 20 25 23 21 25 30 31 29  
 
 
FORECASTER...PATTERSON  
REQUESTED BY...JULIE WIDHOLM  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2508568.0/MKX  
.DELDT 04/01/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JULIE.WIDHOLM@WI.GOV  
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