899  
FNUS73 KARX 120843  
FWSARX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TREMPEALEAU MOUNTAIN RX...WI DNR  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
243 AM CST WED NOV 12 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON NOVEMBER 12.  
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  
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE DRY WEATHER FOR TODAY AND  
THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES AT IGNITION WILL BE AROUND 40 AND THEN WARM  
INTO THE LOWER 50S FOR THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE FAIR  
AT IGNITION AND THEN IMPROVE TO EXCELLENT. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST  
AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH.  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........39 AT IGNITION...MAX 52.  
RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE  
NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 26 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3100 FT AGL  
INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 21 TO 29 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 18  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /28800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.  
MAX...EXCELLENT /112200 KNOT-FT/.  
 
TIME (CST) 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A  
SKY (%).........6 6 6 2 2 3 7 5 7  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............39 42 46 49 50 52 52 49 48  
RH..............65 59 50 46 44 41 40 43 47  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W  
20 FT WIND SPD..13 15 15 16 17 17 16 13 11  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 26 26 26 26 25 23 23 19  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.9 2.6 3.1 4.0 4.5 3.9 1.5 0.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 22 26 28 29 29 28 18 15  
SDSPL KT-FT/100029 37 59 75 100 112 95 24 11  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28.  
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 15 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3800 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P  
SKY (%).........21 27 34 41 28 18 16 17 19 23 25 26  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............45 43 41 41 39 38 36 36 34 32 32 30  
RH..............53 58 62 63 67 68 72 73 74 82 82 83  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 4  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 14 13 12 11 8 8 6 6 6 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 14 13 13 12 12 10 10 8 8 7  
SDSPL KT-FT/100010 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 4  
   
THURSDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54.  
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 8 TO  
9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (15000 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A  
SKY (%).........49 50 34 36 42 50 58 52 46 40 35 30  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............30 28 30 35 39 43 48 50 52 54 52 50  
RH..............85 95 91 79 74 61 54 50 49 45 49 53  
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 4  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 8  
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 3 2 3 5 8 11 13 15 15 12 7  
 
 
FORECASTER...JSB  
REQUESTED BY...BURN BOSS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2525609.0/ARX  
.DELDT 11/12/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JARED.VANDERLOOP@WISCONSIN.GOV  
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