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SXUS43 KARX 240731
RECARX
UPPER MISS RIVER VALLEY HOT AIR BALLOON FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2024

WIZ017-241945-
TAYLOR-
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2024


DATE                                                      FRI 05/24/24       /
CDT       2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
SFC WSPD   3  4  5  6  7  8 10 10 11 12 12 12 13 12 12 11 10  9  8  8  8  8  8  8
SFC WGUST 11 12 14 16 18 19 21 22 23 25 25 25 25 24 24 23 21 18 18 18 18 18 18 19

1KFT WDIR SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
1KFT WSPD 15 16 17 19 21 21 21 20 19 18 18 17 17 17 17 15 13 12 13 14 16 17 17 17
3KFT WDIR  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
3KFT WSPD 12 14 17 23 29 34 35 35 33 32 30 29 30 31 32 30 29 27 27 26 26 25 25 25
6KFT WDIR  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W
6KFT WSPD  9 11 14 19 24 29 31 33 34 35 37 37 36 34 33 33 34 33 29 24 20 22 26 30

SKY COVER SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC
 POP6HR   |        3        |        58       |        83       |        45


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0  0  0  0 38 68 62 56 63 64 75 70 70 70 62 57 50  8  7  4  0
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2024...........SUNRISE   5:20 AM CDT   SUNSET   8:31 PM CDT
MAY 25 2024...........SUNRISE   5:20 AM CDT   SUNSET   8:32 PM CDT

FTUS53 KAUW 240521
KAUW 240520Z 2406/2506 VRB02KT P6SM SCT250
     FM240900 10007KT P6SM SCT250
     FM241500 11011G18KT P6SM -SHRA BKN030
     FM242200 14014G24KT 6SM -SHRA OVC020
      TEMPO 2422/2501 2SM -TSRA SCT007 BKN014CB
     FM250100 20010G20KT 6SM BR VCSH OVC018
     FM250400 26008G17KT P6SM VCSH BKN030
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ044-241945-
ADAMS-
FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2024


DATE                                                      FRI 05/24/24       /
CDT       2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
SFC WSPD   4  4  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 12 12 13 13 12 12 11 10  9  8  8  8  8  9  9
SFC WGUST  9 10 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 22 23 24 24 23 22 21 20 18 17 17 18 18 19 19

1KFT WDIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W
1KFT WSPD 18 22 24 25 25 24 21 19 17 18 20 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 21 23 24
3KFT WDIR  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W
3KFT WSPD 12 14 16 19 22 25 27 28 29 29 28 28 29 30 31 33 35 34 31 26 22 22 24 26
6KFT WDIR  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
6KFT WSPD  7  9 12 15 19 23 26 28 29 31 32 32 31 29 28 29 29 30 29 28 27 27 28 28

SKY COVER FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC FW
 POP6HR   |        2        |        62       |        74       |        43


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0  0  0  0 41 70 64 58 56 63 71 70 70 70 64 54 39 11  8  3  1
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2024...........SUNRISE   525 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 PM CDT
MAY 25 2024...........SUNRISE   524 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 PM CDT

FTUS53 KMSN 240545
KMSN 240542Z 2406/2506 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
     FM241300 15012KT P6SM -SHRA SCT050 BKN100
      TEMPO 2414/2416 5SM -TSRA BKN035CB OVC050
     FM241700 14013G23KT P6SM BKN100 PROB30 2419/2422 4SM -TSRA
      SCT012 OVC025CB
     FM242200 16013G21KT 6SM -SHRA BR VCTS BKN035CB OVC060 PROB30
      2422/2501 20025G40KT 4SM TSRA BKN020CB
     FM250100 17012KT P6SM BKN035
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

MNZ087-241945-
OLMSTED-
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2024


DATE                                                      FRI 05/24/24       /
CDT       2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
SFC WSPD   9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 11 11
SFC WGUST 17 19 19 20 21 22 24 24 25 26 26 26 25 25 24 24 24 22 21 21 21 21 20 19

1KFT WDIR SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
1KFT WSPD 26 28 29 29 29 28 27 26 26 26 26 25 23 20 19 20 22 25 26 26 26 25 24 23
3KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
3KFT WSPD 30 32 35 40 45 48 46 42 38 38 38 38 33 28 24 24 26 29 31 32 34 35 36 37
6KFT WDIR SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
6KFT WSPD 23 25 28 32 36 39 38 36 35 37 41 42 40 36 32 28 26 24 26 30 34 35 35 36

SKY COVER BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL
 POP6HR   |        91       |        85       |        48       |        1


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0 42 71 93 93 70 31 41 54 67 56 48 41 18  0  4  2  1  0  0  0  0
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2024...........SUNRISE   535 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT
MAY 25 2024...........SUNRISE   535 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 PM CDT

FTUS80 KRST 240521 RRW
KRST 240520Z 2406/2506 13008KT P6SM BKN250
     FM240800 17008KT P6SM BKN250
     FM241200 18013KT P6SM -SHRA BKN060
      TEMPO 2412/2415 -TSRA BKN030CB
     FM241500 15015KT P6SM VCSH OVC035
     FM242300 25022G30KT P6SM OVC150
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ041-241945-
LA CROSSE-
FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2024


DATE                                                      FRI 05/24/24       /
CDT       2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
SFC WSPD   3  5  6  7  8  9 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 12 12 10  9  8  8  8  8  9  9  9
SFC WGUST 13 15 16 18 19 19 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 21 20 18 18 17 18 19 19 19 20

1KFT WDIR SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
1KFT WSPD 22 26 29 30 30 29 26 22 20 20 22 24 25 26 26 24 21 19 21 23 26 26 25 24
3KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
3KFT WSPD 20 23 26 29 32 34 33 31 30 31 32 34 35 35 34 31 27 25 25 26 28 29 30 31
6KFT WDIR SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
6KFT WSPD 13 16 19 23 27 31 33 34 34 33 32 31 31 32 32 31 30 28 26 24 24 26 30 33

SKY COVER SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC FW FW
 POP6HR   |        35       |        77       |        75       |        7


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0 20 51 90 81 72 66 60 56 62 70 70 70 48 21 10  4  1  0  0  0
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2024...........SUNRISE   530 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 PM CDT
MAY 25 2024...........SUNRISE   530 AM CDT   SUNSET   835 PM CDT

FTUS53 KLSE 240521 RRC
KLSE 240520Z 2406/2506 11004KT P6SM BKN250
     FM240900 13005KT P6SM BKN150
     FM241300 15008KT P6SM -SHRA BKN070
      TEMPO 2413/2416 -TSRA BKN035CB
     FM241600 15010G20KT P6SM VCSH OVC050
     FM250000 29017G24KT P6SM BKN150
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

IAZ019-241945-
CHICKASAW-
FOR NORTHEAST IOWA
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2024


DATE                                                      FRI 05/24/24       /
CDT       2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
SFC WSPD   7 10 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 15 15 14 12 12 12 11 11 10  9
SFC WGUST 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 26 25 26 25 24 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 18 18 17

1KFT WDIR SE SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
1KFT WSPD 26 28 29 28 26 24 23 22 22 25 29 30 27 22 19 20 23 25 26 27 26 25 23 21
3KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
3KFT WSPD 31 34 36 36 34 33 34 36 38 40 41 41 35 29 24 24 26 29 31 32 33 34 35 36
6KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
6KFT WSPD 20 23 26 29 32 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 35 33 30 27 25 26 29 32 32 33 34

SKY COVER BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL
 POP6HR   |        92       |        79       |        51       |        2


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0 30 51 72 88 93 85 66 53 58 63 68 59 49 40  0  0  5  2  1  0  0  0  0
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2024...........SUNRISE   539 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 PM CDT
MAY 25 2024...........SUNRISE   539 AM CDT   SUNSET   835 PM CDT

FTUS53 KALO 240542
KALO 240540Z 2406/2506 12009KT P6SM -SHRA BKN100
     FM240800 14013KT 5SM SHRA BR OVC050
      TEMPO 2409/2413 VRB25G40KT 1SM +TSRA BKN020CB
     FM241600 16014G22KT P6SM -SHRA BKN035
     FM242000 27018G28KT P6SM SCT040
     FM250200 29010KT P6SM SKC
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ061-241945-
GRANT-
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN AND FAR NORTHEAST IOWA
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2024


DATE                                                      FRI 05/24/24       /
CDT       2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A

SFC WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW
SFC WSPD   4  6  7  8  9  9 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 14 13 12 11  9  9  9  9  9  9  9
SFC WGUST 13 15 16 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 24 23 22 20 18 18 18 17 18 18 18

1KFT WDIR SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW
1KFT WSPD 23 27 28 27 24 21 20 20 20 21 21 22 25 28 29 26 22 19 20 23 26 26 25 24
3KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW
3KFT WSPD 22 25 27 27 26 27 29 32 35 37 39 40 40 38 35 31 26 23 23 25 27 28 28 29
6KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
6KFT WSPD 10 14 17 22 27 31 33 34 34 34 34 33 34 36 36 34 31 28 26 24 24 25 27 30

SKY COVER SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC FW FW FW
 POP6HR   |        30       |        77       |        65       |        12


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0 21 61 93 79 80 70 63 58 60 63 69 68 55 41 22  9  3  1  0  0
 FOG       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2024...........SUNRISE   533 AM CDT   SUNSET   827 PM CDT
MAY 25 2024...........SUNRISE   532 AM CDT   SUNSET   828 PM CDT

FTUS43 KDVN 240532
TAFDBQ
TAF
KDBQ 240532Z 2406/2506 12006KT P6SM BKN120
     FM241200 14012KT P6SM SCT060 OVC100 PROB30 2412/2413 4SM -TSRA
      BR BKN030CB
     FM241300 15014G22KT 2SM -TSRA BR SCT025CB OVC060
      TEMPO 2413/2415 29020G35KT 1SM TSRA BR BKN030CB
     FM241600 15015G24KT 4SM -SHRA BR SCT015 BKN025 OVC070 PROB30
      2418/2422 2SM TSRA BR BKN015CB
     FM242300 23016KT P6SM BKN070=
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$