525
FNUS73 KMKX 171256
FWSMKX
SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGEWAY PINE RELICT PRAIRIE...WDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
656 AM CST MON NOV 17 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON NOVEMBER 17.
PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IF CONDITIONS BECOME
UNREPRESENTATIVE OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND BECOME
SOUTHEASTERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON, AROUND NOON TO 2 PM, THEN BECOME LIGHT
EASTERLY BY THIS EVENING. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE AROUND 1 TO 2 THOUSAND
FEET WITH LIGHT TRANSPORT WINDS. MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
INTO THE UPPER 20S. RH VALUES COULD FLUCTUATE BY A PERCENTAGE OR TWO IF
DEWPOINTS FALL A DEGREE OR TWO MORE THAN FORECAST CONFIDENCE ON THIS
OCCURING IS LOW. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE IN LATE THIS
EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND
INTO TUESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 46.
RH..................29 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1600 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/6500 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CST) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........83 87 92 98 98
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............45 46 46 44 42
RH..............29 28 28 32 36
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST.4 5 5 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 3 3 5
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 7 4 2 2
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY IN THE
EVENING, THEN RAIN OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 17 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
AROUND 16 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 98
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............40 38 37 37 36 36 36 36 35 35 35 35
RH..............41 46 52 56 64 69 75 82 89 96 96 96
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 10 10 11 12 14 16 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 8 8 10 12 13 14 15 15 16
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 3 3 3 3 5 7 9 11 12 13 14
FORECASTER...PATTERSON
REQUESTED BY...JARED URBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526086.0/MKX
.DELDT 11/17/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JARED.URBAN@WISCONSIN.GOV
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