Fri May  3 04:40:50 EDT 2024

Marquette-Green Lake-Sauk-Columbia-
Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, 
Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, Markesan, Baraboo, Reedsburg, 
Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Portage, Columbus, Lake Wisconsin, 
and Lodi
340 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). 
LAL................. 
Max temperature.....Around 73. 
   24 hr trend......3 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........24-30 percent. 
   24 hr trend......40 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......Northwest around 5 mph. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1900-55100 knot-ft). 
Mixing height.......400-6000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 10 mph. 
Chc of wetting rain.MISSING. 

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). 
LAL................. 
Min temperature.....Around 45. 
   24 hr trend......5 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........69-85 percent. 
   24 hr trend......15 percent drier. 
Humidity recovery...Excellent. 
20-foot winds.......Southeast around 5 mph. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500-31000 knot-ft). 
Mixing height.......400-5000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph. 
Chc of wetting rain.MISSING. 

.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) until 1200, then 
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of 
                    rain showers after 0700 until 1300, then chance 
                    of rain showers and slight chance of 
                    thunderstorms. 
LAL................. 
Max temperature.....63-74. 
   24 hr trend......Unchanged. 
Min humidity........48-63 percent. 
   24 hr trend......26 percent wetter. 
20-foot winds.......Southeast around 10 mph shifting to the 
                    southwest in the afternoon. 
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated 
                    fire growth. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4200-52800 knot-ft). 
Mixing height.......400-3100 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South around 15 mph shifting to the west in the 
                    afternoon. 
Chc of wetting rain.MISSING. 


.Forecast days 3 through 7......
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds around 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.