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Spot Forecast for Refuge Rx Burn...WI DNR
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
210 PM CST Fri Feb 21 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CST on February 22.

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

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure continues to track up the Ohio River Valley through
tonight turning winds more southwesterly across southern WI.
Expecting southwest winds to pick up for Saturday with gusts up
to around 20-25 mph beginning as early as 10AM CST and continuing
through much of the afternoon before easing around sunset. Given
the southwest winds and temps around freezing by mid afternoon
paired with the snow pack expecting min RHs to remain relatively
high around 65-75%. Mixing heights will climb through Saturday
morning topping off around 1.7-1.9 kft between 1PM- 4PM CST and
expecting good smoke dispersal through the burn period.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........28 at ignition...Max 29.
RH..................71 percent at ignition...Min 68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 11 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southwest winds 7 to 12
                    mph. Gusts up to 23 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /35300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /35300 knot-ft/.

TIME (CST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........31  27  28  29  30  34  38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............22  24  26  28  29  28  27
RH..............74  74  74  71  69  71  74
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..11  11  11  11  10  8   7
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  18  18  16  13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   SW
Transp wind spd.20  22  22  22  21  20  14
SDspl kt-ft/100023  32  34  35  34  31  9

$$
Forecaster...Wagner
Requested by...Landin Brockman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2503454.0/MKX
.DELDT 02/21/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL landin.brockman@wisconsin.gov