Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
526 FNUS73 KDLH 161125 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Fry...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 625 AM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on May 16. If there are questions or concerns with this forecast, or if conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service in Duluth at 218-729-0653. .DISCUSSION... Showers are likely this morning with coverage and chances decreasing late this morning into the afternoon. Additional rainfall will most likely be less than two tenths of an inch. Gusty southeast winds will occur especially into early afternoon. The humidity reached its minimum earlier this morning and should remain much higher for the rest of the day, from 75 to 5 percent. The wind will become light tonight and the direction will switch to westerly for a time but then it will become southerly late Friday morning. Most of Friday will be precipitation free with the exception of a few showers in the afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers likely early in the morning, then chance of rain showers in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 49. Min humidity........47 percent...reached early this morning. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph in the late morning and early afternoon. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 23 mph decreasing to 8 to 12 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (5900-22600 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.18 inches. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY Weather cov.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).60 60 40 50 50 30 40 50 50 50 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 46 47 RH..............82 82 86 86 86 82 86 89 86 83 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..8 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 20 FT wind gust.16 20 21 20 20 19 18 15 14 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S Transp wind spd.16 23 22 21 20 18 16 14 12 8 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10009 23 22 19 17 16 14 12 10 6 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain showers early in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers early in the evening. Patchy fog overnight. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 40. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 6 mph shifting to the west around 5 mph early in the evening, then becoming light early in the evening. Mixing height.......900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph increasing to 8 to 10 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov.....CHANCE PATCHY PATCHY Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE FOG FOG NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).40 10 10 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............48 47 45 45 43 42 RH..............83 86 96 93 96 96 20 ft wind......S 5 W 3 W 2 W 2 W 2 W 2 20 ft wind gust.11 11 8 7 7 7 Mix hgt (ft)....900 500 400 400 400 400 Transport wind..SW 6 W 9 W 9 W 9 W 9 W 10 Haines index....3 3 3 3 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/10005 4 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........52 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 3400 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....West 8 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2500-17400 knot-ft) increasing to fair to good (25300-34100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 20 LAL.............1 1 1 1 Temp............43 54 64 67 RH..............93 77 58 52 20 FT wind......W 2G6 SW 2G8 S 6G13 S 7G16 Mix hgt (ft)....300 1000 2800 3200 Transport wind..W 9 W 8 SW 10 S 13 Haines index....4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/10003 7 25 34 $$ Forecaster...Dean M Requested by...Ryan Kingsley Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2414308.1/DLH .DELDT 05/16/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov