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Spot Forecast for TH13A-F...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
659 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 24.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Northeast winds at ignition will gradually weaken by this
afternoon. Cooler temperatures are expected today. Relative
humidity values this afternoon will be very low, around 30
percent, and may drop to 25 percent. Mixing heights will be above
2000 feet AGL by ignition, and above 4000 feet AGL by middle
afternoon. Smoke dispersal values will be in the good category.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........39 at ignition...Max 50.
RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 8 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 5 to 8
                    mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4200 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 8 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /36200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /39000 knot-ft/.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............31  33  35  39  42  45  47  48  49  50  49
RH..............72  66  64  52  44  40  37  34  33  31  31
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   8   8   7   6   6   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.10  12  14  13  11  10  7   6   6   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0
Transp wind dir.N   NE  N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
Transp wind spd.18  17  17  15  12  10  8   7   6   6   7
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/100038  38  39  36  30  32  26  25  21  21  24

$$
Forecaster...Wood
Requested by...Angela Rusch
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412171.0/MKX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL angela.rusch@wisconsin.gov