FNUS73 KMKX 061052 FWSMKX Spot Forecast for Tritz Road...WI-DNR National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 552 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 06. Please contact the National Weather Service if conditions become unrepresentative or if you have questions/concerns about this forecast. .DISCUSSION... 20 foot winds will turn out of the west-southwest this afternoon as low pressure develops in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Sustained readings between 5-10 MPH are forecast, with gusts up to 20 MPH possible. These winds will bring even drier air into southern Wisconsin from the Great Plains, resulting in minimum relative humidities in the mid-upper 20 percents locally. Readings could briefly drop into the lower 20 percents if temperatures warm more than currently forecast. Recovery to near or just above 70 percent will occur tonight. A cold front will move across the region tonight, bringing a northerly wind shift and snow. Minor accumulations below an inch are possible on grassy surfaces. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........41 at ignition...Max 55. RH..................39 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise West winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 12 to 21 mph increasing to around 23 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good /30300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /120800 knot-ft/ increasing to excellent (134300 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........5 3 3 16 15 28 35 40 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............41 44 47 50 52 53 54 54 RH..............39 35 32 30 28 28 27 27 20 FT wind dir..SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..6 7 8 9 10 10 11 10 20 FT wind gust.11 13 17 18 18 19 18 19 Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 3.7 4.5 5.4 6.1 6.4 6.7 6.7 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.12 12 14 16 18 21 21 23 SDspl kt-ft/100030 37 54 75 97 115 121 134 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Snow showers likely and chance of rain showers overnight. Temperature.........Min 28. RH..................Max 72 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around 19 mph shifting to the north 8 to 10 mph with gusts to around 19 mph overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 14 to 21 mph shifting to the north 17 to 22 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (108200 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (12000 knot-ft) late in the night decreasing to good (35900 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (6600 knot-ft) late in the night early in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........54 42 29 19 27 43 41 59 68 62 57 43 Weather cov..... CHC LKY LKY CHC SCH Weather type....RW SW SW SW SW Tstm cov........ Temp............53 51 48 46 43 43 42 41 38 36 34 32 RH..............29 33 37 42 47 49 50 52 67 67 69 69 20 FT wind dir..W W SW SW SW SW W W N N N N 20 FT wind spd..9 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 9 10 20 FT wind gust.19 16 12 13 14 14 17 18 17 18 18 19 Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.8 1.9 1.7 Transp wind dir.W W SW SW SW SW W NW N N N N Transp wind spd.21 15 14 14 16 17 16 14 17 22 22 22 SDspl kt-ft/1000108 12 8 7 7 8 9 10 20 35 36 32 $$ Forecaster...Quigley Requested by...Aaron Young Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2508943.0/MKX .DELDT 04/06/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Aaron.Young@Wisconsin.gov