####018006519#### FNUS73 KMKX 251216 FWSMKX Spot Forecast for Zuehlke...usfws National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 716 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 25. Please contact the National Weather Service if conditions become unrepresentative or if you have questions/concerns about this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Temperatures in the upper 30s at ignition should rise quickly into the middle 50s by midday and into the upper 50s to around 60 this afternoon. Light southeast 20 foot winds at ignition will gradually increase later this morning but remain in the 5 to 9 MPH range into this afternoon. Relative humidity values around 55 percent at ignition will quickly drop to around 30 percent by midday and to 24 percent by middle afternoon. It could drop to as low as 20 percent this afternoon. Poor smoke dispersal values at ignition will quickly become good by midday into this afternoon. Low mixing heights at ignition will quickly rise above 4000 feet AGL by midday and 5000 feet AGL by middle afternoon. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Widespread frost early in the morning. Temperature.........38 at ignition...Max 59. RH..................57 percent at ignition...Min 24 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /3400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /51500 knot-ft/. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........49 49 36 22 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 4 Weather cov.....WID WID Weather type....FST FST Tstm cov........ Temp............29 32 38 42 48 52 55 57 58 58 59 57 RH..............85 75 57 48 39 33 30 28 27 26 25 27 20 FT wind dir..E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.4 4 5 6 6 7 8 10 10 11 11 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.7 3.1 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.3 Transp wind dir.SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE Transp wind spd.7 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 12 12 13 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/10002 2 3 7 11 22 31 39 46 52 49 48 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Temperature.........Min 37. RH..................Max 82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (43500 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (4500 knot-ft) late in the night. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........4 5 6 8 9 10 10 11 15 19 23 30 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............57 53 48 44 41 40 40 39 39 39 39 38 RH..............28 33 40 51 59 64 64 67 70 70 76 79 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 20 FT wind gust.12 12 10 10 8 10 11 13 14 14 14 16 Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.15 14 13 13 14 14 14 16 17 17 17 17 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100044 9 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers likely in the afternoon. Temperature.........Max 59. RH..................Min 44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 12 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 31 mph increasing to 32 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 18 to 26 mph increasing to 28 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9500 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (50400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........38 45 55 64 74 78 83 87 88 90 91 94 Weather cov..... LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............39 40 44 49 52 55 57 58 58 58 57 56 RH..............79 76 65 54 50 47 45 45 47 47 51 55 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..11 12 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 20 FT wind gust.18 19 21 22 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.18 18 24 24 25 24 26 28 29 29 30 30 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100010 11 26 32 38 38 45 50 50 47 46 43 $$ Forecaster...Wood Requested by...Sean Sallmann Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412422.0/MKX .DELDT 04/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL sean_sallmann@fws.gov