Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Runway Rx...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
225 PM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 CDT on April 04.
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...

Look for cloudy skies the rest of the day with isolated to
scattered showers moving in after dark. Any showers should be non-
wetting in nature. Winds will be light from the southeast to east
this afternoon and evening, increasing out of the northwest by
sunrise Saturday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........50 at ignition...Max 52.
RH..................49 percent at ignition...Min 49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 6 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 5 to 6
                    mph.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /40400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /40400 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........91  93  92
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0
Temp............50  50  51
RH..............49  51  49
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.13  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 3.8 3.9
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.13  12  10
SDspl kt-ft/100040  38  35

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers in the late evening and overnight.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 30 percent in the late
                    evening and overnight, then decreasing to 10
                    percent after 3 am.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 36.
RH..................Max 88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 12 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 5 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (26300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........95  94  93  94  94  96  97  97  98  97  93  90
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  30  20  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............50  49  45  43  42  40  40  40  39  39  38  37
RH..............52  55  62  71  73  78  80  80  79  82  86  88
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  N   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   4   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3
20 FT wind gust.11  11  9   8   7   7   6   6   6   6   7   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  N   NW
Transp wind spd.9   9   12  10  10  9   8   7   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/100026  7   7   5   5   4   3   3   2   2   2   2

$$
Forecaster...KS
Requested by...Denise Krentz- Dispatcher
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508885.0/ARX
.DELDT 04/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL denise.krentz@wisconsin.gov,erin.grossman@wisconsin.gov