Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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Spot Forecast for Wabasha Prairie Pile...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
838 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on February 21.
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...
Winds will be out of the southwest today at 5 to 15 mph with gusts
20 to 25 mph beginning late this morning, continuing through the
afternoon. The highest gusts are expected after 3 PM. Winds
remain southwesterly, but calm overnight into Saturday morning.
The lowest RH values will be this afternoon, between 40 and 45
percent, increasing to around 60 percent on Saturday. A few inches
of snow cover on the ground remains across the region.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...MISSING.
Temperature.........8 at ignition...Max 24.
RH..................63 percent at ignition...Min 41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 11 mph with
gusts to around 22 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 21
mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
/45300 knot-ft/.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7 10 10 7 6 5 5 6 9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).M M M M M M M M M
Temp............8 13 18 22 24 24 24 24 22
RH..............63 55 49 47 41 43 41 41 43
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT wind spd..3 5 6 9 9 10 11 10 9
20 FT wind gust.8 11 14 18 16 18 19 20 22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.3 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.8 12 16 18 20 21 21 21 18
SDspl kt-ft/10006 13 27 34 41 44 45 43 27
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...MISSING.
Temperature.........Min 9.
RH..................Max 76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph with gusts to around 18
mph in the evening and overnight becoming
light.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14000 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (6100 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10 11 9 14 23 21 34 41 39 50 46 53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).M M M M M M M M M M M M
Temp............20 16 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 11 11 11
RH..............47 56 53 56 61 61 64 64 67 73 73 76
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S SW S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4
20 FT wind gust.18 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Transp wind dir.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW
Transp wind spd.15 15 13 15 15 15 14 13 13 12 10 9
SDspl kt-ft/100012 12 10 13 14 14 13 11 10 10 8 6
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...MISSING.
Temperature.........Max 32.
RH..................Min 60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (18100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........49 34 52 44 51 46 41 40 38 37 45 52
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).M M M M M M M M M M M M
Temp............11 10 12 16 20 24 28 30 31 32 31 30
RH..............80 87 84 73 71 65 60 63 63 66 69 72
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..3 4 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 5
20 FT wind gust.11 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.1
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 10
SDspl kt-ft/10007 7 7 11 11 12 15 16 18 18 14 10
$$
Forecaster...NF
Requested by...Ben Halverson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/21/25
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.EMAIL benjamin_halverson@fws.gov