Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
562 FNUS73 KDLH 020924 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Bandit RX...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 424 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on June 02. 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... Surface high pressure will be departing today with mostly sunny skies through the morning. An inversion is expected to still be in place at ignition time leading to poor to fair ventilation. Rapid warming will quickly lead to good ventilation rates by 10AM. Min RHs will fall to around 27% with southerly winds picking up in the afternoon with gusts in the mid teens. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 72. Min humidity........27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL increasing to 6000 ft AGL in the late morning and early afternoon, then decreasing to 4000 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 15 mph shifting to the south 16 to 17 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (21100 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (36300-60100 knot-ft) in the late morning and afternoon. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............65 68 69 70 71 70 70 70 69 RH..............41 33 31 28 27 28 27 27 29 20 FT wind dir..SW SW S S S S S SE SE 20 FT wind spd..3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 8 20 FT wind gust.6 7 8 9 11 13 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 5.4 6.0 6.0 5.4 5.0 4.0 3.2 2.4 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW S S S S S Transp wind spd.8 9 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/100021 43 60 60 60 60 52 45 36 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain showers and chance of thunderstorms overnight. Chance of pcpn......90 percent. LAL.................1 until 0100, then 2 until 0400, then 3. Min temperature.....Around 50. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am. Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4700-21700 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.17 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY Weather cov..... CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 30 60 90 LAL.............1 1 1 1 2 3 Temp............68 62 55 55 54 53 RH..............30 39 57 64 74 86 20 ft wind......SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 SE 6 SE 7 SE 8 20 ft wind gust.14 14 13 13 13 13 Mix hgt (ft)....1600 500 500 600 700 600 Transport wind..S 16 SE 12 E 12 SE 13 SE 15 S 16 Haines index....5 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100022 5 5 6 9 8 .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Rain showers and chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. LAL.................3 until 1000, then 2. Max temperature.....Around 66. Min humidity........73 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (7200-17600 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.11 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov.....DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).80 60 60 50 40 20 LAL.............3 3 2 2 2 2 Temp............53 56 58 61 64 65 RH..............89 93 86 84 75 75 20 ft wind......S 8 S 7 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 5 20 ft wind gust.14 13 13 12 11 11 Mix hgt (ft)....600 900 900 1200 1500 1600 Transport wind..S 15 S 13 S 12 SW 12 SW 13 S 13 Haines index....4 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10007 10 9 12 16 18 $$ Forecaster...Lee Requested by...MN-SUF Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415458.0/DLH .DELDT 06/02/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brandon.rea@usda.gov