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SXUS43 KARX 251001
RECARX
UPPER MISS RIVER VALLEY HOT AIR BALLOON FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
401 AM CST TUE NOV 25 2025

WIZ017-252215-
TAYLOR-
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
401 AM CST TUE NOV 25 2025


DATE                                                TUE 11/25/25       /
CST       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE NE  N  N  N  N  N
SFC WSPD   1  1  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  5  5  5  6  6  6  7  7  7  8  8  9 10 12 14
SFC WGUST  6  6  7  7  7  8  9  9 10 11 11 12 14 15 18 18 18 18 19 20 24 24 29 32

1KFT WDIR  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N NW NW NW NW
1KFT WSPD  3  4  5  5  5  5  6  8  9 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 12  9  7  5  6  9 13
3KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  W NW NW  N  N
3KFT WSPD  9  8  7  5  3  2  2  4  6  8 11 14 18 21 24 25 25 24 18 12 10 15 25 37
6KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W NW
6KFT WSPD  7  6  6  7  8  8  8  8  8  8  9 10 13 16 19 20 20 19 19 18 17 15 13 11

SKY COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR   |        62       |        95       |       100       |       100


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
 FOG      40 40 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 20  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 25 2025......SUNRISE   7:09 AM CST   SUNSET   4:21 PM CST
NOVEMBER 26 2025......SUNRISE   7:11 AM CST   SUNSET   4:21 PM CST

FTUS53 KAUW 250521
KAUW 250520Z 2506/2606 VRB03KT 2SM -RA BR OVC005
     FM250700 14003KT 1SM -RA BR OVC004
     FM251700 14004KT 4SM BR OVC006
     FM260100 22007KT 1 1/2SM RA OVC002
     FM260500 25009G16KT 3SM RA OVC006
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ044-252215-
ADAMS-
FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN
401 AM CST TUE NOV 25 2025


DATE                                                TUE 11/25/25       /
CST       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR   S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
SFC WSPD   1  1  1  1  2  2  2  3  3  3  4  4  4  5  5  6  7  8  9 10 10 11 11 11
SFC WGUST  6  6  6  6  6  6  7  8  9  9  9 10 11 12 14 15 17 19 19 20 21 22 21 21

1KFT WDIR  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW
1KFT WSPD  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  8 11 13 14 15 15 16 18 19 19 19 19
3KFT WDIR  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W
3KFT WSPD  5  5  6  6  7  8  8  9 10 10 10 10 11 13 15 18 22 24 24 23 23 24 27 30
6KFT WDIR SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W
6KFT WSPD 10  9  9  8  9  9  9 10 10 10  9 10 11 14 17 20 23 25 29 32 32 30 25 20

SKY COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV OV
 POP6HR   |        28       |        27       |        97       |        71


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  4  4  4  2  2  2  4  4  4  1
 FOG      40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 20 20 20  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 25 2025......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   426 PM CST
NOVEMBER 26 2025......SUNRISE   704 AM CST   SUNSET   425 PM CST

FTUS80 KMSN 250912 AAB
KMSN 250910Z 2509/2606 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002
     FM251200 11003KT 1SM BR OVC003
     FM251900 VRB04KT 2SM BR OVC006
     FM260000 18006KT P6SM -RA OVC010
     FM260200 21009KT 5SM -RA BR OVC007
     FM260400 24011G21KT 5SM -RA OVC005
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

MNZ087-252215-
OLMSTED-
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
401 AM CST TUE NOV 25 2025


DATE                                                TUE 11/25/25       /
CST       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR  SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
SFC WSPD   3  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  5  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 23 24 24
SFC WGUST  7  7  7  7  8  8  9 10 11 13 16 17 19 21 24 24 25 25 27 33 38 39 39 40

1KFT WDIR  W  W NW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
1KFT WSPD  3  2  2  2  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  7 12 15 16 17 18 21 25 28 31 32 34
3KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
3KFT WSPD  4  4  4  5  7  8  9 10 10 10  9 10 13 16 19 20 21 23 29 36 42 46 49 52
6KFT WDIR SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
6KFT WSPD 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 18 16 15 14 14 15 19 25 29 33 35 38

SKY COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR   |        43       |        82       |        79       |        95


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  0  0  0  0
 FOG      40 40 70 70 70 40 40 40 40 40 20 20  0 20  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 25 2025......SUNRISE   718 AM CST   SUNSET   436 PM CST
NOVEMBER 26 2025......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   436 PM CST

FTUS53 KRST 250521 RRE
KRST 250520Z 2506/2606 20004KT 1/2SM FG OVC002
     FM251500 19004KT 1SM BR OVC003
     FM251700 19006KT 4SM BR OVC005
     FM252000 21012G22KT 4SM -SHRA OVC012
     FM260000 26016G26KT P6SM OVC009
     FM260500 30020G30KT 3SM -SN OVC005
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ041-252215-
LA CROSSE-
FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
401 AM CST TUE NOV 25 2025


DATE                                                TUE 11/25/25       /
CST       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW
SFC WSPD   2  1  2  2  2  2  3  3  4  5  5  5  6  7  8  9 10 10 11 11 11 12 14 17
SFC WGUST  7  7  6  7  7  8  9  9 10 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 21 21 22 21 22 24 27 36

1KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
1KFT WSPD  6  5  4  4  5  6  6  7  8  8  8  8  9 11 13 15 17 19 19 19 20 23 26 31
3KFT WDIR  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW
3KFT WSPD  5  6  6  7  9 10 11 12 12 12 11 12 15 18 20 20 19 19 19 21 24 29 36 44
6KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW
6KFT WSPD 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 15 17 19 21 22 23 22 20 17 17 20 25 31

SKY COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR   |        28       |        39       |        91       |        87


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  2  1  1  1  0
 FOG      20 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 20 20 20  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 25 2025......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   431 PM CST
NOVEMBER 26 2025......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   431 PM CST

FTUS53 KLSE 250521 RRD
KLSE 250520Z 2506/2606 18003KT 5SM -RA BR OVC006
     FM250800 18003KT 3SM BR OVC005
     FM251600 18005KT 6SM BR OVC007
     FM252200 22010G18KT 4SM -SHRA OVC012
     FM260100 26014G24KT P6SM OVC020
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

IAZ019-252215-
CHICKASAW-
FOR NORTHEAST IOWA
401 AM CST TUE NOV 25 2025


DATE                                                TUE 11/25/25       /
CST       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR   S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
SFC WSPD   2  2  2  3  3  4  5  5  6  9 10 12 13 14 16 16 16 17 19 20 21 23 24 25
SFC WGUST  6  6  6  6  6  7  8 10 11 13 16 19 22 24 26 25 26 27 29 32 35 38 38 41

1KFT WDIR  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
1KFT WSPD  6  5  5  6  7  8  8  8  8  8 10 12 17 23 27 26 24 22 24 26 29 31 32 34
3KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
3KFT WSPD  7  7  7  8  9 10 10 10 10 11 12 15 21 27 32 32 31 30 34 40 45 48 50 52
6KFT WDIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
6KFT WSPD  7  8  9  9  9  9 11 13 14 15 17 18 20 22 23 22 20 20 23 28 33 38 43 48

SKY COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR   |        18       |        66       |        63       |        57


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 FOG      70 70 70 70 70 70 70 40 40 20 20 20  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 25 2025......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   440 PM CST
NOVEMBER 26 2025......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   439 PM CST

FTUS80 KALO 250551 AAA
KALO 250548Z 2506/2606 VRB04KT 1SM BR OVC004
     FM250900 VRB03KT 3/4SM BR OVC003
     FM251600 22007KT 3SM BR OVC007
     FM252100 25014G23KT P6SM SCT010 OVC016
     FM260400 29018G28KT P6SM OVC015
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ061-252215-
GRANT-
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN AND FAR NORTHEAST IOWA
401 AM CST TUE NOV 25 2025


DATE                                                TUE 11/25/25       /
CST       4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

SFC WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
SFC WSPD   2  1  1  1  2  2  3  4  5  5  6  7  8  9 10 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 19
SFC WGUST  6  6  6  6  6  6  7  8  9 10 12 13 14 17 19 22 23 24 24 25 26 28 32 35

1KFT WDIR SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
1KFT WSPD  4  3  3  2  1  1  2  4  6  7  8  9 12 15 17 20 22 24 23 22 22 24 27 30
3KFT WDIR  E SE SE SE SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
3KFT WSPD  4  4  3  4  4  5  7  8 10 10 11 12 15 19 22 24 25 27 28 29 32 36 40 45
6KFT WDIR  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW
6KFT WSPD  5  6  8  9  9  9  9  9  9  9 10 11 14 17 21 25 29 31 30 28 26 29 32 37

SKY COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR   |        18       |        18       |        72       |        50


PERCENT COVERAGE AROUND LOCAL AREA: (OUT OF 100)
 THUNDER   1  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3  3  3  3  3  1  1  1  0  0  0  0
 FOG      70 70 70 70 70 70 40 40 20 20  0 20 20 20  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 25 2025......SUNRISE   706 AM CST   SUNSET   433 PM CST
NOVEMBER 26 2025......SUNRISE   707 AM CST   SUNSET   433 PM CST

FTUS43 KDVN 250541
TAFDBQ
TAF
KDBQ 250541Z 2506/2606 VRB03KT 1/4SM FG VV001
      TEMPO 2506/2509 1/4SM -DZ FG
     FM251600 21006KT 1/2SM FG OVC003
     FM251800 21008KT 6SM BR OVC007
     FM252000 21013KT 6SM BR OVC015
     FM260000 24017G28KT 6SM BR OVC015=
&&

SFC.....SURFACE.  1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 6KFT...6000 FEET AGL.
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + IS 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$