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Spot Forecast for Staples Rx...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
904 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 26.
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...Light northeast winds at issuance (845AM) rotate
clockwise through the late afternoon and evening; becoming east
near 4-5PM and southeast shortly thereafter. RHs in the 40s near
ignition time decrease into the 30s this afternoon. Precipitation
chances reach the spot area early Sunday morning, lingering
through Sunday and increasing overnight Sunday into Monday.

It will be partly sunny on Sunday. High temperatures will be in the
lower 60s. Humidities will be in the 60s and 70s in the morning
and then decrease into the mid-30s in the afternoon. Light
southeast winds (up to 5 mph) will increase into the 5 to 8 mph in
the late morning and continue during the afternoon. Smoke dispersion
will be poor at ignition and then become excellent in the afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........51 at ignition...Max 61.
RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 7 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /44700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /45000 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   2   1   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  54  56  58  59  60  60
RH..............52  45  42  39  37  36  36
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.12  11  11  9   8   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.8
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.15  14  13  10  8   7   6
SDspl kt-ft/100045  43  45  40  32  29  24

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 37.
RH..................Max 79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 7 mph shifting to the south 7 to 12
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........3      7      33     50     79     81
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............60     53     47     44     40     39
RH..............37     50     65     70     76     79
20 ft wind......E 3    E 2    SE 2   SE 2   SE 2   S 2
20 ft wind gust.5      3      3      5      7      8
Mix hgt (ft)....4500   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 5    E 7    SE 9   SE 10  S 12   S 10
SDspl kt-ft/100018     3      3      3      4      4

$$
Forecaster...JR
Requested by...Erin Grossman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511856.0/ARX
.DELDT 04/26/25
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.EMAIL erin.grossman@wisconsin.gov