FNUS73 KMPX 090959 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Nagel Central...Wisconsin DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 459 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Mostly sunny skies prevail for much of the day then clouds move in from the northwest late afternoon into the evening due to the approach of a cold front. A few showers/thunderstorms are possible this evening with the cold frontal passage. Ahead of the front, highs will climb to near 80 degrees while RH values bottom out between 25-30 percent this afternoon. Winds will remain southwesterly through the day with sustained speeds around 10mph with gusts around 15mph. Winds will shift to westerly with the cold frontal passage. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent) then becoming partly sunny (50-60 percent). Temperature.........61 at ignition...Max 79. RH..................48 percent at ignition...Min 29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise Southwest winds 8 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair /17300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /61400 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 14 mph. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR PC MC MC MC PC PC Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH CHC CHC SCH Temp............61 67 70 73 76 78 79 78 76 73 70 66 RH..............48 40 38 35 32 30 29 31 36 43 49 58 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W 20 FT wind spd..8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.16 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 13 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.0 2.6 2.9 3.5 4.1 4.7 5.1 3.9 1.2 0.3 0.4 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW W NW Transp wind spd.13 13 13 13 12 12 13 14 15 10 12 9 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming clear (5-15 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. Temperature.........Min 49. RH..................Max 68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 6 mph shifting to the north 7 to 8 mph late in the evening, then becoming around 7 mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....Good (50800 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (3200 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 9 to 15 mph shifting to the north 12 to 16 mph late in the evening. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Temperature.........Max 73. RH..................Min 27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the east around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6800 knot-ft) early in the morningincreasing to good (32800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 15 mph. $$ Forecaster...Calderone Requested by...Andrew Ciurro Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2513577.0/MPX .DELDT 05/09/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL andrew.ciurro@wisconsin.gov,MarkA.Rasmussen@wisconsin.gov