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Spot Forecast for Buck Fire...DNR
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
618 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 CDT on June 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will move across north-central WI
late this evening. These are ahead of the front. The front will not
arrive until Tuesday, as early as 0900-1000 local or as late as 1300
to 1400. Showers will become likely across Vilas County after 10 am
on Tuesday, not ending until after 1900. The current forecast shows
total rainfall of 1.25 to 1.50 inches over the wildfire site through
Tuesday evening.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers late in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the evening. Chance of
                    showers overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19800 knot-ft).
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 5 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    early in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........49  53  57  73  75  77  78  79  80  84
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............78  73  72  71  70  70  69  66  66  66
RH..............45  55  59  63  66  68  68  75  78  78
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   8   9   9   9   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.22  21  18  17  17  17  17  16  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  13  11  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.18  16  17  17  16  15  16  16  14  15
SDspl kt-ft/100029  22  25  28  29  30  29  25  20  22

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Showers likely in the
                    morning. Chance of thunderstorms through the
                    day. Showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    north 5 to 9 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late morning
                    and early afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 18 mph shifting to the north 15
                    to 22 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (44000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
                    north late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  83  88  93  97  98  99  100 100 100 100 99
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Temp............65  65  66  66  66  65  64  66  64  62  60  60
RH..............84  87  84  84  84  84  84  73  73  72  75  72
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.15  15  15  15  15  15  16  16  17  17  17  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   9   9   9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.14  16  16  16  17  17  17  18  15  15  22  21
SDspl kt-ft/100022  29  29  33  44  35  30  21  16  16  24  23

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms early in the evening. Rain
                    showers likely early in the evening. Areas of
                    smoke after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest 7
                    to 10 mph in the late evening and overnight,
                    then decreasing to 7 to 8 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (21400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........98  98  96  96  94  91  84  80  74  64  62  52
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY                         ARS ARS
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW                          SMK SMK
Tstm cov........SCH
Temp............59  56  55  53  53  52  51  50  49  48  48  48
RH..............72  77  83  89  89  96  96  96  96  100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   6   5   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.15  15  13  12  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   4   3   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   9   8   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW
Transp wind spd.20  18  16  12  10  9   8   7   7   7   8   8
SDspl kt-ft/100021  20  15  8   5   4   4   4   4   3   4   3

$$
Forecaster...Alumbaugh
Requested by...Woodruff Dispatach
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2515237.0/GRB
.DELDT 06/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kelly.martinko@wisconsin.gov