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Spot Forecast for Tower West Rx...DNR
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1057 AM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...Light winds and min RH values of 40-50 percent are
expected on Friday across central Wisconsin. A weak area of low
pressure passing by Friday night to the southeast will result in
a 40 to 50 percent chance of rain showers Friday night at the
burn site. Rain amounts will be less than 0.10 inch. Saturday
will feature gusty northwest winds and min RH values dropping
to around 40 percent, and perhaps as low as 35 percent if mixing
is stronger.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 52.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (31200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........47  48  54  61  67  72  77  82  83
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............35  41  43  45  48  50  51  51  50
RH..............85  73  70  65  58  54  54  54  56
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.10  12  13  14  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.2 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.8
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.12  13  12  10  9   9   10  12  12
SDspl kt-ft/100016  24  27  25  25  25  28  31  28

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain in the evening. Chance of rain overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast
                    up to 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 12 mph shifting to the northeast
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (23100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2200 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........85  86  86  87  87  88  89  90  89  87  86  81
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....    RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............49  47  45  42  40  39  38  37  36  36  35  34
RH..............56  60  66  74  79  82  84  85  86  85  85  87
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  12  12  12  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 0.9 M   M   0.5 M   M   0.4 M   M   0.4 M
Transp wind dir.E   E   M   M   E   M   M   E   M   M   NE  M
Transp wind spd.12  12  M   M   12  M   M   9   M   M   7   M
SDspl kt-ft/100023  9   M   M   5   M   M   4   M   M   2   M

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of rain
                    early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 21
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (89300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75  70  63  55  48  53  59  64  56  48  40  33
Weather cov.....CHC
Weather type....RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............34  34  36  38  41  43  45  46  47  47  46  45
RH..............89  89  86  81  76  70  63  58  53  50  47  45
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   6   7   9   10  12  13  13  14  14  14  13
20 FT wind gust.10  12  13  15  16  18  20  21  21  21  21  20
Mix hgt (kft)...M   0.5 M   M   2.2 M   M   4.6 M   M   5.0 M
Transp wind dir.M   N   M   M   NW  M   M   NW  M   M   NW  M
Transp wind spd.M   8   M   M   17  M   M   18  M   M   21  M
SDspl kt-ft/1000M   3   M   M   33  M   M   73  M   M   89  M

$$
Forecaster...Alumbaugh
Requested by...Kenneth Glazer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508786.0/GRB
.DELDT 04/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kenneth.glazer@wisconsin.gov