256
FNUS73 KMKX 111149
FWSMKX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HALFWAY PRAIRIE...DANE COUNTY PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
649 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 11.
PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IF CONDITIONS BECOME
UNREPRESENTATIVE OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE PRIOR TO PEAK HEATING TODAY, ALLOWING MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO REMAIN THE IN THE 40 PERCENTS LOCALLY.
SHOULD CLOUDS BE SLOWER TO ARRIVE & TEMPERATURES WARM MORE THAN
CURRENTLY FORECAST, RELATIVE HUMIDITY MINIMUMS COULD FALL INTO THE
UPPER 30 PERCENTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE ARE SMALL
CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS, THOUGH
WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL
AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. ANTICIPATE NEARLY FULL RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RECOVERY INTO THE 90 PERCENTS TONIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3300 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /16400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/45900 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........49 62 64 68 81 77 77 76
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............47 50 53 53 54 55 54 54
RH..............63 56 50 50 50 49 50 50
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 8 8 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 13 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.3 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 13 15 16 16 15 16
SDSPL KT-FT/100016 33 34 42 46 44 31 25
FORECASTER...QUIGLEY
REQUESTED BY...LARS HIGDON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610049.0/MKX
.DELDT 04/11/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL HIGDON.LARS@DANECOUNTY.GOV
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