Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
033 FNUS73 KDLH 061037 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for 2024 MN Wildfire Academy...MNICS IMT3 National Weather Service Duluth MN 537 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on June 06. 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... A few peeks of sunshine are possible at times, but expect cloudy skies most of the time today. Breezy northwest winds gusting from 25 to 30 mph, especially during the afternoon. On-and-off light to moderate rain showers are expected at times today. Exact timing of these showers is difficult due to the scattered nature of them. They will be possible throughout the day. Both sky cover and winds will decrease overnight. On Friday, mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies are expected along with similarly breezy northwesterly winds gusting to 25 mph, especially mid-day to mid-afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Scattered rain showers. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 57. Min humidity........62 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 13 to 16 mph with gusts to around 26 mph. Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL increasing to 4000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 29 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (27700-35900 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (64000-99800 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.04 inches. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 30 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 20 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............54 54 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 RH..............79 80 80 74 74 71 71 66 64 66 62 20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..12 12 13 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 13 20 FT wind gust.23 23 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 25 Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.0 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.0 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.20 21 25 25 26 28 29 28 28 25 24 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100028 36 54 66 78 90 100 88 84 83 64 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Isolated rain showers early in the evening. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........86 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph in the evening. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL decreasing to 1600 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 23 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (63400-71400 knot-ft) decreasing to poor to fair (9600-28900 knot-ft) early in the evening. Haines Index........3 or very 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.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov.....ISOLTD ISOLTD Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 10 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............56 56 52 50 47 46 RH..............64 64 71 77 83 83 20 ft wind......NW 13 NW 11 NW 9 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 20 ft wind gust.23 22 19 15 15 15 Mix hgt (ft)....3300 1600 1200 1500 1200 900 Transport wind..NW 22 NW 21 NW 18 NW 18 NW 17 NW 17 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100063 29 19 25 18 13 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........42 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 6600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 24 mph increasing to 21 to 25 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (9900-27900 knot-ft) increasing to good (42400-57400 knot-ft) early in the morning, then increasing to excellent (80500-101800 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to excellent (124300-144900 knot-ft) in the afternoon decreasing to excellent (98900 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 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 Temp............46 56 64 68 RH..............86 64 52 42 20 FT wind......NW 8G15 NW 10G20 NW 13G23 NW 13G22 Mix hgt (ft)....800 2900 5600 6500 Transport wind..NW 15 NW 23 NW 25 NW 24 Haines index....3 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100010 57 124 138 $$ Forecaster...Josh Requested by...Chris Bergquist Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2415608.1/DLH .DELDT 06/05/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Christopher.bergquist@state.mn.us,woodrow.unruh@noaa.gov,afsrock@stcloudstate.edu,wesley.belanger@state.mn.us,brad.hopkins@noaa.gov,josh.donatell@state.mn.us,lori.karau@usda.gov,milocke@paulbunyan.net,nws.duluth@noaa.gov