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Spot Forecast for Brightsdale Rx...Minnesota DNR
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
755 PM CST Wed Nov 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CST on November 13.
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...

Winds will be from the southwest at ignition time, but will shift
to the south through the morning hours Thursday. Wind speeds will
be generally 5-10 mph throughout the day. Smoke dispersal will be
poor in the morning only reaching fair in the afternoon under
light winds and low mixing heights. Given the lack of deeper
mixing, the minimum RH is expected to bottom out in the mid 40
percents with a low probability (10-20%) of RHs falling into the
upper 30 percents.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........29 at ignition...Max 55.
RH..................96 percent at ignition...Min 45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 2 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming south
                    5 to 6 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 9 mph shifting to the south 8 to
                    10 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /2200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /17900 knot-ft/.

TIME (CST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  41  34  33  32  30  36  34  22  17  6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............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
Temp............29  31  37  43  48  52  53  54  55  53  50
RH..............96  88  75  65  56  48  48  47  45  50  54
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   4   5   5   5   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   7   9   9   11  11  12  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.0 1.7 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   8   9   9   10  10  10  8   9
SDspl kt-ft/10002   2   2   6   10  12  16  18  15  4   4

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 34.
RH..................Max 92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........7   8   6   6   8   7   6   6   6   6   6   7
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............47  43  41  41  40  39  38  37  37  36  35  35
RH..............60  70  76  76  79  82  82  85  85  89  92  92
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   12  12  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  10  10
SDspl kt-ft/10004   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...NF
Requested by...Jacob Froyum
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2525711.0/ARX
.DELDT 11/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jacob.froyum@state.mn.us