Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Burlington HA...WDNR
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
256 PM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 04.

Please contact the National Weather Service if conditions become
unrepresentative or if you have questions/concerns about this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
High temperatures Friday will still likely peak around midday
with light easterly winds likely bringing a bit of a lake breeze
in the afternoon, preventing temperatures from raising any
further. Mixing heights in the latest forecast have risen a bit,
likely peaking around 2500-2700 feet. Minimum RH has fallen a tad
as well falling to around 55%. There is a slightly increasing
chance for showers Friday afternoon but chances will be better
into the late afternoon and evening.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers early in the afternoon. Chance of rain
                    showers late in the afternoon, then slight
                    chance of rain showers late in the afternoon.
Temperature.........41 at ignition...Max 48.
RH..................73 percent at ignition...Min 57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds east at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    East winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2700 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....East 14 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /22500 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /37300 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  54  58  70  77  82  83  88  92
Weather cov.....                    SCH CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............41  43  45  46  47  47  46  45  44
RH..............73  70  65  60  58  60  63  65  68
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   7   6   7   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.12  13  12  11  11  11  12  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.15  16  16  16  14  15  14  15  14
SDspl kt-ft/100023  34  35  37  32  32  26  25  19

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers.
Temperature.........Min 38.
RH..................Max 95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 12 to 15 mph shifting to the north
                    around 12 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (6400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........94  97  98  99  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............43  42  41  41  40  40  39  39  39  39  39  39
RH..............70  73  76  79  79  82  89  89  89  92  89  89
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   8   8   7   6   7   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.11  11  12  13  13  13  12  11  11  12  13  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Transp wind dir.E   NE  NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.13  13  14  14  15  14  13  12  12  12  12  12
SDspl kt-ft/100015  11  9   9   10  9   8   6   7   7   7   7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the morning, then slight
                    chance of rain showers in the morning.
Temperature.........Max 53.
RH..................Min 61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (69100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........97  93  90  88  85  82  79  76  79  81  84  80
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............39  40  42  43  45  47  49  51  51  51  50  49
RH..............89  89  86  86  82  76  71  66  66  63  63  63
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.14  12  13  13  14  14  16  16  16  16  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.8 3.7 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.8 2.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  15  16  16  17  17  18  18  20  18
SDspl kt-ft/10007   7   12  20  27  39  55  69  69  65  65  46

$$
Forecaster...Kuroski
Requested by...Marty Johnson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508778.0/MKX
.DELDT 04/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bmartinus.johnson@wisconsin.gov