FNUS73 KARX 101628 FWSARX Spot Forecast for Hwy 56 Rx...MnDOT National Weather Service La Crosse WI 1128 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on May 10. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (608) 784-8292 if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected between 4 PM and 6 PM today. A few of the thunderstorms could produce strong gusty winds. Highs today will around 70 degrees. Afternoon humidities will fall to around 40 percent. Winds outside of thunderstorms will be in the 5 to 10 mph range from the west. The winds will shift to northwest between 5 PM and 6 PM. Smoke dispersion will be excellent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of showers late in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the afternoon. Temperature.........65 at ignition...Max 70. RH..................49 percent at ignition...Min 44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 9 mph at ignition...otherwise West winds 9 to 16 mph. Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 16 to 24 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /65100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /93500 knot-ft/. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........27 42 56 68 73 60 Weather cov..... SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 10 0 20 20 Temp............65 66 67 67 68 69 RH..............49 47 47 47 49 44 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..9 11 11 11 13 16 20 FT wind gust.14 16 18 19 22 23 Mix hgt (kft)...4.6 4.9 4.5 3.6 4.7 4.4 Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW Transp wind spd.16 18 20 17 23 24 Haines index....4 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/100065 79 76 53 94 92 $$ Forecaster...JSB Requested by...Ken Graeve Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413703.0/ARX .DELDT 05/10/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL kenneth.graeve@state.mn.us