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Spot Forecast for BWCA SAR...St. Louis County EM
National Weather Service Duluth MN
546 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on May 23.
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...

Search site and General Ely Forecast -

Early morning temperatures around 34-37F may have created a light
coating of frost on items and vegetation. Temperatures will warm
into the low 60s F this afternoon around the event site, with
lighter north to northwest winds from 6-8 mph. There is a 20%
chance of rain showers after 2100 LT this evening and continue
overnight. More widepsread rain with embedded thunder is expected
to move in for Friday.

Ely Visibility and Ceilings -

Visibility greater than 6 statute miles is expected to prevail
today and tonight. Early morning ceilings around 1200 feet should
lift to scattered 2400 foot cloud bases by mid morning, with
conditions remaining VFR then for the rest of today and early this
evening. Conditions will deteriorate again later this evening as
rain chances spread back into the area from the west, and remain
poor for most of Friday.

To obtain an official pre-flight weather briefing call
1-800-992-7433.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Patchy frost
                    early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...8 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Surface winds (mph).North winds 6 to 8 mph.
Ceiling (kft).......Early morning ceilings around 1200 ft, becoming
                    scattered with bases 2400 or higher by mid
                    morning.
Visibility (sm).....10.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............39  40  42  45  49  52  56  58  59  61  62  63
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
Surface wnd spd.6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   7   6   6
Surface wnd gst.13  14  14  14  14  14  13  12  12  10  9   9
Ceiling (kft)...1.1 1.1 2.2 4.5 24  24  25  25  25  25  25  25
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers late in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Surface winds (mph).East winds around 6 mph shifting to the 7 to 10
                    mph with gusts to around 22 mph overnight.
Ceiling (kft).......Cloud bases 2300 ft decreasing to 1300 ft and
                    becoming celings early in the evening, then
                    decreasing to 1100 ft overnight decreasing to
                    900 ft.
Visibility (sm).....10.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....              S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     20     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     10     10     0      0
Temp............62     58     51     48     45     43
Surface wind....N 4    NE 4   NE 6   E 7    E 8    E 9
Surface wnd gst.8      9      13     14     17     21
Ceiling (kft)...24     14     13     11     9.8    11
Visibility (sm).10     10     10     10     10     10

$$
Forecaster...Linda
Requested by...Alex Rice
Type of request...SAR
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.DELDT 05/23/24
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