Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
376 FNUS73 KDLH 291120 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for NWS Block J...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 620 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on May 29. 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... Today through Thursday will be rain free with sunny skies as high pressure moves into the region, with rain chances returning Thursday night into Friday. Today we will see light winds out of the north turn to east by late afternoon at 6-8 mph with a few gusts to 10-15 mph this afternoon. Mixing heights rise to 4000-4500 ft this afternoon with min RH dipping to around 35 percent. Smoke dispersal will be fair to good. RH will be a couple percent higher on Thursday, dropping to around 37-40%. Winds turn southerly on Thursday with sustained winds around 10 mph from late morning through Thursday night and gusts of 15 to 20 mph. Mixing heights get to around 5000 ft during the afternoon. Smoke dispersal will be good to excellent by late Thursday morning into afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 65. Min humidity........37 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the east around 7 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (19600-32300 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............59 62 63 65 63 63 62 RH..............51 43 39 37 39 39 39 20 FT wind dir..N N N NE NE E E 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.6 8 11 11 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.7 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE E E Transp wind spd.7 7 7 8 8 8 8 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100020 25 27 32 32 30 26 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 40. Max humidity........82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL decreasing to 300 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 9 mph shifting to the south around 8 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1800-20400 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............60 53 46 44 41 40 RH..............42 50 58 62 73 82 20 ft wind......E 6 E 5 E 4 SE 2 SE 2 SE 3 20 ft wind gust.12 11 8 6 6 6 Mix hgt (ft)....2900 300 300 300 300 300 Transport wind..E 8 E 9 SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 S 8 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100020 3 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 73. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 18 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 5400 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon. Transport winds.....South 8 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1800-19200 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (49800-70300 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............43 52 61 67 70 72 RH..............82 69 58 47 41 39 20 ft wind......SE 3 SE 3 S 5 S 7 S 9 S 9 20 ft wind gust.7 8 12 15 18 18 Mix hgt (ft)....300 700 3800 4900 5400 5000 Transport wind..S 8 S 9 S 13 S 15 S 15 S 15 Haines index....4 4 4 4 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10002 6 42 63 70 65 $$ Forecaster...Cory Requested by...Andrew Nelson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415270.0/DLH .DELDT 05/29/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ryan.mulhern@usda.gov,andrew.l.nelson@usda.gov