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Spot Forecast for Ho Chunk/BIA...BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1130 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 15.
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...

Light northeast winds expected through the day with some gusts
between 10 and 20 mph. Winds will increase overnight and remain
elevated due to an approaching storm. Temperatures today will be
in low 70s and relative humidities will be between 20 and 30
percent for today. If deeper mixing occurs, relative humidity
values may get down to the upper teens. Relative humidity values
and chances of precipitation increase for Tuesday and Wednesday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........64 at ignition...Max 70.
RH..................29 percent at ignition...Min 22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4000 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15  23  29  29  24  31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  66  68  69  70  70
RH..............29  27  24  24  22  23
20 FT wind dir..E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.11  11  9   9   9   11
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.7
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NE  NE
Transp wind spd.9   8   7   8   8   8
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 45.
RH..................Max 58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 9 mph increasing to 11 to 15
                    mph with gusts to around 26 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 21 mph
                    overnight.
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 (%).........18     21     21     16     23     40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............69     63     56     53     49     47
RH..............24     31     38     46     56     58
20 ft wind......NE 6   E 6    E 8    E 11   E 11   E 13
20 ft wind gust.9      11     13     16     21     25
Mix hgt (ft)....3100   400    400    500    700    700
Transport wind..NE 8   E 12   E 15   E 16   E 18   E 20
Haines index....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers likely and
                    slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning,
                    then rain showers and chance of thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 100 percent.
Temperature.........Max 59.
RH..................Min 54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 17 to 24 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph
                    increasing to 44 mph late in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 22 to 31 mph increasing to 32 to 41 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........51     67     79     84     87     92
Weather cov.....       CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........              S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
CWR.............10     30     50     60     80     100
Temp............46     47     51     54     55     56
RH..............55     56     54     54     57     62
20 ft wind......E 17   E 18   E 20   E 20   E 22   E 24
20 ft wind gust.28     32     33     33     35     39
Mix hgt (ft)....700    1400   1700   2000   2100   1900
Transport wind..E 22   E 31   E 35   E 38   E 41   E 38
Haines index....5      4      4      4      3      3

$$
Forecaster...JRC
Requested by...Funmaker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/15/24
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.EMAIL Isiah.funmaker@ho-chunk.com