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Spot Forecast for Dusty Trails 5...USFS
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
528 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Cool temperatures, gusty west-northwest winds and
RHs dropping to around 35 percent are anticipated on Saturday.
A stray sprinkle or flurries is possible, but wetting rains are
not expected.

Milder temperatures, lower RHs and continued gusty northwest winds
are anticipated on Sunday.

HYSPLIT Dispersion run will be emailed in 10-15 minutes.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    flurries in the morning. Slight chance of
                    sprinkles in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 14 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL at ignition, then rising to 6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (64900 knot-ft) at ignition, increasing to
                    Excellent (113000 knot-ft) by mid-afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........45  57  56  54  49  44  40  35  30
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RS  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............35  40  42  42  43  45  46  47  46
RH..............59  48  44  44  43  38  37  35  37
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..12  13  13  14  14  14  14  13  14
20 FT wind gust.21  20  18  20  20  20  20  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 4.4 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.3
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.21  21  21  21  20  20  21  21  20
SDspl kt-ft/100065  79  87  93  93  101 113 110 90

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 29.
Max humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 13 mph early in the
                    evening becoming west 3 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (60200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........25  9   12  15  18  14  10  6   5   3   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............47  45  42  40  38  36  35  34  33  33  32  32
RH..............35  40  44  48  52  56  56  58  61  61  63  63
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..13  7   5   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   3   5
20 FT wind gust.17  12  9   7   6   6   7   8   8   8   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 2.3 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3
Transp wind dir.NW  W   NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.17  14  12  9   8   8   10  12  12  10  10  10
SDspl kt-ft/100060  28  12  9   3   3   5   6   6   5   5   3

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds increasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts
                    to 22 mph by late morning.
Mixing height.......max 8900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph increasing to northwest 20 to
                    26 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor early in the morning increasing to
                    excellent by late morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   3   3   3   13  22  32  37  42  47  46
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............32  33  38  43  47  50  52  54  55  56  56  56
RH..............66  63  57  49  43  39  36  32  31  30  30  30
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..7   9   9   9   10  12  13  13  14  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.10  14  16  18  20  21  22  22  23  22  22  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.7 1.9 3.6 5.2 6.3 7.3 7.9 8.6 8.9 8.2 6.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  12  15  21  24  26  26  26  26  25  23  20
SDspl kt-ft/10003   7   25  64  108 146 167 182 199 195 165 111

$$
Forecaster...Kieckbusch
Requested by...Tym Sauter
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411444.0/GRB
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL timothy.sauter@usda.gov