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Spot Forecast for West Newton fire...MN DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
729 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on April 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (608) 784-8292 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Weak cold front passing through the area will
increase winds out of the northwest from late morning on.
Relative humidity values will also mix out today dropping
into the 20 to 25 percent range this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........58 at forecast start...Max 76.
RH..................58 percent at forecast start...Min 21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 4 mph at forecast
                    start...becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon. Some gusts near
                    18 mph this afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 1900
                    ft AGL increasing to 6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest 18
                    to 22 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /2800 knot-ft/ at forecast start.
                    Max...excellent /120500 knot-ft/.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth at forecast start...max
                    5.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   2   1   1   2   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  62  67  71  72  75  76  75  75  74
RH..............58  49  42  34  29  24  22  21  21  21
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..4   5   7   9   9   11  11  11  11  10
20 FT wind gust.6   12  14  16  18  19  19  19  19  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 4.7 5.4 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.8   10  15  18  20  22  22  22  22  22
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/10003   7   24  54  80  103 110 116 121 119

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 45.
RH..................Max 60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 9 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest 7
                    to 9 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (84200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........2      2      2      4      9      7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............73     65     57     53     49     46
RH..............23     31     47     48     54     60
20 ft wind......NW 9   NW 4   W 3    W 3    W 3    NW 2
20 ft wind gust.16     11     6      5      5      5
Mix hgt (ft)....5000   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..N 20   NW 9   NW 7   NW 7   NW 8   NW 8
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5
SDspl kt-ft/100084     4      2      2      3      3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Temperature.........Max 72.
RH..................Min 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL increasing to 3400 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 9 mph shifting to the east 8 to 10
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (30900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........6      17     39     44     38     31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      10     10     10     10     10
Temp............45     48     58     65     70     72
RH..............62     60     45     33     26     27
20 ft wind......NW 3   NE 3   E 6    E 6    E 5    E 7
20 ft wind gust.5      7      11     9      9      11
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    1700   2900   3400   3400
Transport wind..N 8    NE 9   NE 9   E 9    E 9    E 10
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5
SDspl kt-ft/10003      4      14     23     27     31

$$
Forecaster...TS
Requested by...Mike Wachholz
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2410707.0/ARX
.DELDT 04/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael.wachholz@state.mn.us