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SXUS43 KARX 220902
RECARX
UPPER MISS RIVER VALLEY HOT AIR BALLOON FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025

WIZ017-222115-
TAYLOR-
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025


DATE                                                TUE 07/22/25       /
CDT       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD   6  5  5  4  5  5  5  6  7  7  8  8  8  9  9  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8
SFC WGUST 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 16 17 17 18 17 18 18 19 18 18 18 18

1KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
1KFT WSPD 20 20 19 17 14 10  8  9 11 13 15 16 17 17 16 16 17 18 19 18 18 17 16 16
3KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW
3KFT WSPD 18 19 19 19 17 13 11 10 11 12 14 17 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 26 27 29 30 30
6KFT WDIR  W  W SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
6KFT WSPD 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 13 16 19 21 23 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 24

SKY COVER BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
 POP6HR   |        7        |        10       |        19       |        50


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER  10 11 11  0  0  0  0  0 11 12 13 12 19 19 26 32 32 33 36 41 43 49 51 53
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE   5:34 AM CDT   SUNSET   8:36 PM CDT
JULY 23 2025..........SUNRISE   5:35 AM CDT   SUNSET   8:35 PM CDT

FTUS53 KAUW 220521
KAUW 220520Z 2206/2306 11005KT P6SM SCT100
     FM220800 13005KT P6SM BKN040
     FM221200 14007KT P6SM BKN025
     FM221800 16009G15KT P6SM BKN035
     FM230100 16009KT P6SM BKN035
     FM230400 15009KT P6SM BKN020
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ044-222115-
ADAMS-
FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025


DATE                                                TUE 07/22/25       /
CDT       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD   4  4  4  4  4  5  5  6  7  8  8  8  9  9  9  8  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  8
SFC WGUST 11 11 10 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 17 16 17

1KFT WDIR  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
1KFT WSPD 18 17 16 14 12 10  9  9  9 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 20 21 23 25 27 29 30 31
3KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW
3KFT WSPD 14 13 12 11 11 11 11 10  9  9 10 12 15 18 20 21 22 23 22 21 19 18 18 19
6KFT WDIR  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
6KFT WSPD  3  4  6  7  7  7  7  9 12 14 14 13 13 15 18 20 22 23 23 21 17 15 15 16

SKY COVER BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC BK BK
 POP6HR   |        7        |        6        |        9        |        32


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   9  9  9  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 11 11 10  0  0  0  0  0  0 22 30 33
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE   538 AM CDT   SUNSET   829 PM CDT
JULY 23 2025..........SUNRISE   539 AM CDT   SUNSET   828 PM CDT

FTUS80 KMSN 220539 RRB
KMSN 220538Z 2206/2306 13005KT P6SM FEW060 SCT250
     FM221400 15007KT P6SM SCT060
     FM221900 17011KT P6SM SCT035
     FM230200 18008KT P6SM SCT100
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

MNZ087-222115-
OLMSTED-
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025


DATE                                                TUE 07/22/25       /
CDT       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD   8  8  8  8  9  9  9 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
SFC WGUST 17 17 17 15 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 22 23 23 23 22 22 21 21 22 21 21 21 21

1KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
1KFT WSPD 21 21 20 18 15 12 11 11 12 14 16 18 19 20 20 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 25 26
3KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
3KFT WSPD 19 20 19 19 18 18 17 16 15 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 33 34 34 34 34
6KFT WDIR  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
6KFT WSPD  9  9  9 10 10 10 11 13 16 19 20 21 22 24 26 27 28 28 28 27 27 26 27 27

SKY COVER BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC SC SC BK BK
 POP6HR   |        7        |        5        |        21       |        25


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER  10 13 15  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 20 21 22 22 22 27 28 26 23
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE   548 AM CDT   SUNSET   844 PM CDT
JULY 23 2025..........SUNRISE   549 AM CDT   SUNSET   843 PM CDT

FTUS53 KRST 220530
KRST 220529Z 2206/2306 16009KT P6SM BKN015
      TEMPO 2206/2207 6SM BR OVC010
     FM220700 16009KT 6SM BR OVC007
      TEMPO 2208/2210 4SM BR
     FM221400 17013KT P6SM BKN010
     FM221900 17015G25KT P6SM BKN070
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ041-222115-
LA CROSSE-
FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025


DATE                                                TUE 07/22/25       /
CDT       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD   6  5  6  4  5  5  6  6  7  8  9  9  9  9  9  9  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8
SFC WGUST 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 20

1KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
1KFT WSPD 20 20 20 18 15 11  8  7  8 10 11 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 27 29 29 29
3KFT WDIR  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
3KFT WSPD 18 18 17 15 15 14 14 12 11 11 12 14 16 18 21 23 25 28 29 29 28 27 26 26
6KFT WDIR NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
6KFT WSPD  7  6  5  5  5  6  7  9 11 13 15 16 18 20 22 24 25 25 24 23 21 20 21 22

SKY COVER BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK
 POP6HR   |        7        |        5        |        6        |        27


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   7 11 13  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 10 19 31 27 24
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE   543 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT
JULY 23 2025..........SUNRISE   544 AM CDT   SUNSET   838 PM CDT

FTUS80 KLSE 220751 AAA
KLSE 220749Z 2208/2306 14006KT P6SM BKN025
     FM221000 15008KT P6SM OVC015
      TEMPO 2212/2214 SCT015 OVC035
     FM221700 16009KT P6SM BKN025
     FM221900 17010KT P6SM BKN070
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

IAZ019-222115-
CHICKASAW-
FOR NORTHEAST IOWA
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025


DATE                                                TUE 07/22/25       /
CDT       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S
SFC WSPD   8  8  9  9  9  9 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
SFC WGUST 15 15 14 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 20 19 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19

1KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
1KFT WSPD 19 18 17 17 15 13 12 11 11 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 24 25 25 25 25 25 24
3KFT WDIR  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
3KFT WSPD 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 14 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 30 31 31 30 29 29 29
6KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
6KFT WSPD  6  6  7  7  7  7  7  8 11 13 15 18 20 23 25 27 27 27 27 27 28 27 26 24

SKY COVER BK OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
 POP6HR   |        5        |        9        |        23       |        15


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER  15 18 16  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 12 14 17 21 23 23 24 26 18 19 16 11  0
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE   552 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT
JULY 23 2025..........SUNRISE   553 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT

FTUS80 KALO 220521 RRA
KALO 220520Z 2206/2306 13008KT P6SM BKN015 BKN030
      TEMPO 2206/2210 5SM BR
     FM221000 14006KT P6SM BKN007
     FM221400 16009KT P6SM BKN019
     FM221600 15010G18KT P6SM SCT020 BKN040
     FM222000 16013G19KT P6SM FEW035 SCT070
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ061-222115-
GRANT-
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN AND FAR NORTHEAST IOWA
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025


DATE                                                TUE 07/22/25       /
CDT       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S
SFC WSPD   6  6  6  5  6  6  7  8  9  9  9 10 11 11 11 10  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  9
SFC WGUST 13 13 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 19 19

1KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
1KFT WSPD 21 20 18 15 13 12 11 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 19 22 24 27 29 30 30 29
3KFT WDIR  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
3KFT WSPD 13 14 14 15 13 11 10  9  9 10 11 12 14 16 18 20 23 26 27 27 25 23 22 22
6KFT WDIR NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  W
6KFT WSPD  6  4  3  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 11 14 16 18 20 20 21 20 19 18 16 14 14 14

SKY COVER BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
 POP6HR   |        7        |        10       |        12       |        33


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER  11 13 15  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 14 14 13 14  0  0 12 22 29 34 33 31 32
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE   546 AM CDT   SUNSET   832 PM CDT
JULY 23 2025..........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   831 PM CDT

FTUS43 KDVN 220533
TAFDBQ
TAF
KDBQ 220533Z 2206/2306 14007KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040
      TEMPO 2206/2209 BKN020
     FM220900 14005KT 6SM BR OVC010
     FM221700 17010KT P6SM SCT010 SCT050
     FM230100 15008KT P6SM SCT090=
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$