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Spot Forecast for Blue River Sands Rx Burn...WDNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
634 AM CST Sun Nov 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CST on November 16.
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...

Clear skies and continued northwesterly winds will support dry
conditions across the area with afternoon RHs falling to between
25-30 percent. Northwesterly winds will pick up slightly through
the morning to around 10 mph with some slightly higher gusts
possible. Ample mixing will allow for excellent smoke dispersal
this afternoon before decreasing dramatically after sunset. RHs
should recover overnight to about 75-80 percent with winds
becoming light but still generally out of the northwest. Winds are
not expected to shift until daybreak Monday, becoming
southeasterly by midday but generally staying light around 5 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........45 at ignition...Max 48.
RH..................31 percent at ignition...Min 28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 10 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 6 to 10
                    mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3600 ft AGL
                    decreasing to 1100 ft AGL late in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 22 mph shifting to the west
                    around 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /60900 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /68300 knot-ft/.

TIME (CST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   2   2   3   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  46  47  48  46  43
RH..............31  29  28  28  30  33
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  9   7   6
20 FT wind gust.18  16  16  16  14  12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 1.1 0.7
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.21  21  21  22  15  12
SDspl kt-ft/100061  64  65  68  15  7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 25.
RH..................Max 78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   3   9   6   9   16  32  53  43  39  34  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............40  36  34  33  32  31  30  29  28  28  27  26
RH..............41  47  54  56  61  61  63  69  71  71  74  78
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   0   0
20 FT wind gust.9   8   6   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.12  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   8   8   8   6
SDspl kt-ft/10006   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 49.
RH..................Min 33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 5 mph shifting to the east around 3
                    mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    south 3 to 7 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18  34  32  30  41  52  63  70  77  84  85  87
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............26  25  28  34  38  42  45  46  47  48  46  45
RH..............74  81  71  58  50  41  35  34  34  33  37  41
20 FT wind dir..N   N   S   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..0   0   1   1   1   2   2   3   3   4   4   3
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   3   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   NE  E   SE  S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
Transp wind spd.5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   6   7
SDspl kt-ft/10002   2   1   2   3   4   6   5   7   6   6   6

$$
Forecaster...KB
Requested by...Bridget Rathman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526031.0/ARX
.DELDT 11/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bridget.rathman@wisconsin.gov