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Spot Forecast for Crex Meadows Wildlife Area Unit 44...Wisconsin Dept of Nat Res
National Weather Service Duluth MN
401 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on April 10.
If there are questions or concerns with this forecast, or if
conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service in Duluth at 218-729-0653.

.DISCUSSION...

Cloud cover will increase this afternoon and will bring a 20
percent chance of showers and a 10 percent chance of a
thunderstorm. Afternoon RH values will fall to around 30 percent.
Winds will be from the southwest at 8 to 10 mph. Wind gusts to
around 15 mph are expected. High temperature today will reach 68
degrees. Smoke dispersal will start out poor this morning and
improve to excellent this afternoon. Rain shower chances improve
to around 30 percent for this evening with a 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms. Precipitation amounts today and tonight will be
light, less than a tenth of an inch.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL increasing to 8900 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (85100 knot-ft) increasing to
                    excellent (141000-151900 knot-ft) early in the
                    afternoon, then decreasing to excellent
                    (104300-135200 knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....                SCH
Weather type....                RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  20
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1
Temp............65  66  67  67  66
RH..............40  37  34  33  34
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   8   8
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 8.3 8.9 7.0 8.0
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.18  20  20  17  20
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/100085  141 152 104 135

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of rain showers early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 5 to 6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 18 mph shifting to the northwest 9 to
                    12 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (102100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (3000 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30     10     10     10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............66     57     51     47     44     41
RH..............33     47     61     71     76     89
20 ft wind......SW 7   SW 5   SW 4   W 4    NW 4   NW 5
20 ft wind gust.13     9      7      8      11     12
Mix hgt (ft)....6400   400    300    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 18   SW 10  W 10   NW 12  NW 10  NW 12
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      4
SDspl kt-ft/1000102    4      3      5      4      4

$$
Forecaster...Kevin
Requested by...Rebecca Steigerwaldt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410151.0/DLH
.DELDT 04/10/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Rebecca.Steigerwaldt@wisconsin.gov