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Spot Forecast for Yellowstone Lake...WI DNR
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
447 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on October 28.

Please contact the National Weather Service if conditions become
unrepresentative or if you have questions/concerns about this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...South winds will become a bit breezy this afternoon
and temperatures will warm into the 70s. Numerous showers are then
forecast tonight as a cold front approaches and eventually passes
Thursday morning. A couple thunderstorms could also occur tonight.
Southwest winds late tonight will shift northwesterly by late
Thursday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Becoming partly cloudy(25-40 percent).
Temperature.........67 at ignition...Max 73.
RH..................56 percent at ignition...Min 48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    South winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /21000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /49000 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  29  24  28  34  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............67  70  71  72  72  71
RH..............56  51  49  49  49  51
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   8   8   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.13  14  16  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.2 2.6 2.9 2.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  17  20  20  20  17
SDspl kt-ft/100021  34  44  49  42  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the late evening and overnight. Slight chance
                    of rain showers after 3 am.
Temperature.........Min 56.
RH..................Max 99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 21 mph shifting to the west
                    around 14 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6900 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........29  25  36  57  75  70  69  79  84  72  62  63
Weather cov.....                CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............68  66  65  64  64  63  63  62  61  60  59  59
RH..............57  61  63  67  67  70  72  75  81  84  90  90
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   10  9   10  10  10  9   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.17  17  18  19  18  19  19  19  18  17  16  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
Transp wind spd.15  16  18  20  21  21  21  20  18  18  16  14
SDspl kt-ft/100011  10  8   8   9   10  10  10  9   9   8   7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........Max 67.
RH..................Min 40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest
                    6 to 7 mph in the late morning and afternoon,
                    then becoming light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 13 mph shifting to the north 12
                    to 16 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (36300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75  68  60  46  31  18  3   2   0   2   2   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58  58  57  58  60  62  63  65  65  66  65  63
RH..............96  93  96  90  81  70  60  52  48  43  41  43
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   4
20 FT wind gust.14  12  12  12  13  12  12  12  12  12  11  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.6 1.3
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW
Transp wind spd.13  12  12  15  16  16  16  15  15  14  14  12
SDspl kt-ft/10006   6   9   17  21  26  29  29  36  34  31  13

$$
Forecaster...Gehring
Requested by...Samuel Smyrk
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624732.0/MKX
.DELDT 10/28/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL samuel.smyrk@wisconsin.gov