Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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Spot Forecast for Yeager Rx...Minnesota DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
745 AM CDT Mon May 11 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 11.
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 sunny skies today with light and variable winds in the
morning becoming established from the south at around 5 mph in the
early afternoon, increasing to around 10 mph later in the
afternoon. RH values fall to around 20 percent by the mid-
afternoon. Conditions are favorable for RH values to fall even
further and there is a 30-40 percent chance that values could fall
into the mid to upper teens. The southerly winds increase through
the evening and overnight with only modest recovery in the RH
values to around 50 to 60 percent by sunrise. A few showers move
through, but there is a 50/50 shot that rainfall amounts may not
even be enough to be wetting. By sunrise, winds will be from the
south at 20-25 mph, gusting to 30-35 mph at times. These winds
switch to the northwest by mid-morning and the northwest around
noon with RH values falling into the 20-30 percent range.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........52 at ignition...Max 65.
RH..................44 percent at ignition...Min 22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 4000 ft AGL at
ignition...otherwise 5600 ft AGL in the late
morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest
5 to 9 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /19900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
/41500 knot-ft/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1 4 8 4 10 30 26 38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............52 55 57 59 61 63 64 64
RH..............44 37 33 28 26 24 23 22
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 7 8 9 12
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.2
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW S S
Transp wind spd.6 5 6 7 8 8 8 9
SDspl kt-ft/100020 19 27 33 39 39 38 42
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 50 percent overnight.
Chance of thunder...15 percent.
Temperature.........Min 51.
RH..................Max 59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 16 mph with gusts to
around 26 mph shifting to the south around 17
mph with gusts to around 27 mph early in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph
late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (40900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (6500 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........23 13 53 69 57 62
Weather cov..... CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC
CWR.............0 0 10 10 30 50
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 10 10 20 10
Temp............65 61 55 54 53 53
RH..............22 30 38 45 48 52
20 ft wind......S 7 SE 8 SE 11 SE 13 S 16 S 16
20 ft wind gust.14 14 19 23 26 26
Mix hgt (ft)....4500 500 500 600 700 900
Transport wind..S 10 SE 14 S 18 S 22 S 23 S 24
SDspl kt-ft/100041 7 8 12 14 19
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent) then becoming
sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of rain showers
early in the morning.
CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the late
morning and afternoon.
Chance of thunder...9 percent.
Temperature.........Max 74.
RH..................Min 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 17 mph shifting to the
northwest 19 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 36 mph.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL increasing to 7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 22 to 28 mph shifting to the
northwest 25 to 31 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17900 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (185700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........70 61 41 22 3 13
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30 20 10 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 0 0 0 0
Temp............53 58 67 70 72 73
RH..............61 62 49 41 34 30
20 ft wind......S 17 S 17 W 18 W 19 NW 20 NW 20
20 ft wind gust.27 27 26 27 32 32
Mix hgt (ft)....900 1600 3700 5200 7000 6900
Transport wind..S 22 SW 24 W 28 W 26 NW 28 NW 31
SDspl kt-ft/100018 33 90 119 168 186
$$
Forecaster...KS
Requested by...Cody Burke
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613311.0/ARX
.DELDT 05/11/26
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.EMAIL cody.burke@state.mn.us,ryan.tebo@state.mn.us