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Spot Forecast for Crex Unit 85...WI DNR
National Weather Service Duluth MN
514 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on August 14.
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...

A mix of clouds and sun today with a high around 85 and afternoon
RH values falling to around 38%. Generally light winds early this
morning to become easterly at 5 to 7 mph this afternoon. Showers
and isolated thunderstorms will begin to move into area late
tonight into Saturday morning, then again Saturday evening.
Rainfall totals continue to trend downward with the probability of
receiving more than a tenth of an inch about 40 percent, with the
most likely amounts just a few hundredths.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3500-14800 knot-ft) increasing to
                    good to excellent (55300-68500 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  59  63  67  74  77  80  82  83  84  84  85
RH..............84  83  81  73  62  54  49  44  41  40  38  39
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE
20 FT wind spd..3   4   4   5   5   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   12  12  12  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.3 2.1 3.5 4.6 5.0 5.7 6.1 6.2 5.8
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   SE  E   E   E   E   SE  E   SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  13  14  14  14  13  14  13  13  13
SDspl kt-ft/10004   4   6   15  25  43  55  56  69  67  68  64

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (31500-48100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (3400 knot-ft) early in the evening.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY
Weather cov.....                                SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20
Temp............83  82  79  73  70  69  68  67  66  66  64  63
RH..............40  44  52  62  71  73  76  75  78  78  81  81
20 FT wind dir..SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   7   6   6   4   4   4   4   5   6
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  15  15  14  13  13  13  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...4.4 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.13  12  8   9   10  10  10  10  12  13  13  13
SDspl kt-ft/100048  32  3   4   4   5   4   4   5   6   7   7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL increasing to 4100 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 13 mph shifting to the west
                    around 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (10500-28600 knot-ft) increasing
                    to good (31500-41300 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  10  0   0   10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  62  64  66  70  72  74  75  78  79  79  81
RH..............78  84  84  81  73  71  71  71  69  69  69  67
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   6   5   5   6   6   6   5   5   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.14  14  13  13  14  13  13  13  12  12  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.2 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.6 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.7 4.1
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  13  13  13  13  13  13  12  12  10  12  12
SDspl kt-ft/100011  13  16  20  23  29  32  33  32  33  37  41

$$
Forecaster...Linda
Requested by...Joe Dittrich
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619628.0/DLH
.DELDT 08/14/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Joseph.Dittrich@wisconsin.gov,Ryan.Magana@wisconsin.gov