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Spot Forecast for Gotham West RX Burn...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
743 AM CST Wed Nov 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CST on November 05.
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...if winds haven`t picked up yet, they will soon -
should be blowing from the northwest by 8 to 9 am. Gusts will
kick in right away too - in the mid 20s mph. Winds not backing off
until mid afternoon at the earliest. Strongest will be this
morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........51 at ignition...Max 57.
RH..................61 percent at ignition...Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 16 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Northwest winds 9 to 16 mph with gusts to
                    around 27 mph decreasing to around 6 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4400 ft AGL
                    decreasing to 1200 ft AGL late in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 21 to 29 mph becoming west 13 to 16
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /74800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /84300 knot-ft/.

TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  5   1   1   1   1   2   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  54  55  56  57  55  54  51
RH..............61  52  45  40  35  37  38  42
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..16  15  15  13  13  12  9   6
20 FT wind gust.27  26  23  22  22  22  18  13
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 3.1 3.5 4.0 4.4 4.4 1.2 0.7
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.29  25  24  22  21  22  16  13
SDspl kt-ft/100075  68  74  75  79  84  17  8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 28.
RH..................Max 88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 13 mph decreasing to around 3
                    mph after 3 am, then shifting to the southeast
                    early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........7   3   3   2   3   3   4   4   3   4   8   14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............46  43  41  40  38  36  34  33  32  30  30  29
RH..............51  57  62  62  67  72  78  82  85  88  88  88
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  S
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   4   4   4   3   2   2   3   1
20 FT wind gust.12  11  11  11  8   7   6   6   5   5   5   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  SE
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  12  10  8   8   7   6   5   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/10006   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   2

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 56.
RH..................Min 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 11 mph with
                    gusts to around 21 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL increasing to 2500 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 9 mph increasing to south 13 to
                    22 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (48400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44  55  55  63  69  70  71  73  76  78  82  87
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............28  30  33  40  45  49  53  54  54  55  54  53
RH..............96  92  82  64  53  46  38  36  35  34  35  35
20 FT wind dir..N   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..0   1   2   4   6   8   9   10  11  11  11  10
20 FT wind gust.3   5   6   8   12  14  18  19  20  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.3   5   6   9   13  15  17  18  21  22  21  21
SDspl kt-ft/10001   2   2   7   16  24  33  37  44  48  36  25

$$
Forecaster...TR
Requested by...Bridget Rathman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/05/25
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.EMAIL bridget.rathman@wisconsin.gov