Fri May  3 04:40:50 EDT 2024

Iowa-Dane-Lafayette-Green-
Including the cities of Dodgeville, Mineral Point, Barneveld, 
Madison, Darlington, Shullsburg, Benton, Belmont, Argyle, 
Blanchardville, Monroe, and Brodhead
340 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). 
LAL................. 
Max temperature.....Around 72. 
   24 hr trend......2 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........26-34 percent. 
   24 hr trend......33 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......North around 5 mph. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900-37100 knot-ft). 
Mixing height.......400-5300 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....North 5 to 10 mph. 
Chc of wetting rain.MISSING. 

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). 
LAL................. 
Min temperature.....Around 46. 
   24 hr trend......4 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........72-86 percent. 
   24 hr trend......16 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 (2600-38200 knot-ft). 
Mixing height.......400-4400 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph. 
Chc of wetting rain.MISSING. 

.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) until 1300, then 
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of 
                    rain showers after 0700 until 1300. Slight 
                    chance of thunderstorms after 1000 until 1300, 
                    then chance of showers and thunderstorms. 
LAL................. 
Max temperature.....67-76. 
   24 hr trend......3 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........52-67 percent. 
   24 hr trend......32 percent wetter. 
20-foot winds.......South 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 (3700-52900 knot-ft). 
Mixing height.......400-3400 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 mid 40s. Highs in the upper 60s. North
winds around 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 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 around 50. Highs in the upper 60s.