Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
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Spot Forecast for Dunbar Barrens Unit 1...DNR
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
244 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on August 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Dry weather is expected to last through tonight,
with a 20% chance of showers beginning mid morning Saturday lasting
through the afternoon. A 30-50% chance of showers and storms will
move across the burn site Saturday night. With the expected sunshine
today, temperatures this afternoon could reach the lower 80s and
minimum RH could drop 2-4% lower than this forecast shows given this
burn site is over the sandy soil areas of northern Marinette County.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East 4 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (40100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........25 10 18 12 10 31 38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............74 75 78 78 79 79 78
RH..............50 46 42 42 41 42 43
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT wind gust.11 12 12 12 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 4.6 5.1 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.6
Transp wind dir.E E NE NE NE NE E
Transp wind spd.9 9 8 8 8 8 8
SDspl kt-ft/100029 37 36 38 39 40 39
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 9 mph shifting to the east in
the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (25900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2900 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........40 45 17 11 23 46
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............77 69 63 59 56 55
RH..............45 63 75 80 83 86
20 ft wind......E 4 E 4 E 2 E 2 NE 1 E 2
20 ft wind gust.13 13 11 9 8 8
Mix hgt (ft)....3700 500 400 400 400 400
Transport wind..SE 8 E 9 E 9 E 8 E 8 E 9
SDspl kt-ft/100026 4 3 3 3 3
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers in the late morning and early
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph late
in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44 68 63 75 85 71 73 75 81 84 72 86
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............54 56 60 63 69 71 72 73 74 74 74 75
RH..............93 93 87 87 73 71 71 71 69 71 71 69
20 FT wind dir..NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT wind gust.8 9 9 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16
$$
Forecaster...Alumbaugh
Requested by...Kate Lenz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619524.1/GRB
.DELDT 08/14/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Katherine.Lenz@wisconsin.gov