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Spot Forecast for Cattail Desert NW...usfws
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
800 AM CST Thu Jan 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on January 30.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Modest to breezy southwest winds and very mild temperatures are expected
for today, including low afternoon relative humidity. Much lighter winds
are expected toward sunset followed by modest north to northeast winds
on Friday with slight chances for a wintry mixture.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........31 at ignition...Max 54.
RH..................69 percent at ignition...Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Southwest winds 7 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
                    in the late morning and early afternoon.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 21 mph shifting to the southwest 21
                    to 26 mph late in the morning, then decreasing
                    to 13 to 16 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /7000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /36000 knot-ft/.

TIME (CST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   1   2   3   4   7   9   12  12  13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............31  36  41  46  50  52  54  54  51  48
RH..............69  64  57  49  44  43  40  40  44  51
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   8   10  11  12  11  10  8   6   5
20 FT wind gust.12  16  19  20  21  19  18  17  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.3 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  17  21  26  24  24  21  16  13  14
SDspl kt-ft/10007   9   16  30  33  36  31  18  6   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Temperature.........Min 31.
RH..................Max 92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming northeast
                    5 to 6 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph shifting to the west
                    around 8 mph late in the evening, then shifting
                    to the northeast 8 to 15 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13  26  40  53  57  62  66  67  69  70  67  64
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............43  40  38  37  36  35  34  34  33  33  32  31
RH..............62  70  76  79  82  85  89  85  89  85  85  88
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   NE  N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   4   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   4   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   6   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   8   10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.12  12  10  8   7   8   8   8   9   12  14  15
SDspl kt-ft/10004   4   3   2   2   2   2   2   3   4   5   6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    light freezing drizzle early in the morning,
                    then slight chance of rain early in the
                    morning.
Temperature.........Max 41.
RH..................Min 58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 16 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (31400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  58  55  52  49  46  43  34  24  15  20  24
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....FZD FZD RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............31  31  32  33  35  37  39  40  40  39  37  35
RH..............88  88  88  85  78  72  67  62  59  59  61  66
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   6
20 FT wind gust.12  14  16  18  18  18  17  16  16  16  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.16  16  17  21  20  20  18  18  20  20  18  16
SDspl kt-ft/10007   9   11  19  21  25  27  28  31  31  25  18

$$
Forecaster...Gehring
Requested by...Sean
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501864.0/MKX
.DELDT 01/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sean_sallmann@fws.gov