Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
161 FNUS73 KDLH 052152 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for 2024 MN Wildfire Academy...MNICS IMT3 National Weather Service Duluth MN 452 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 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... Our wet pattern continues into tomorrow with chances for showers and thunderstorms under mainly cloudy skies. Winds will be northwest both Thursday and Friday with gusts to 20 to 25 mph. Not everywhere will see rain, but those that do will get a quick soaking. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the morning, then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 58. Min humidity........64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 13 to 16 mph with gusts to around 26 mph. Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 22 to 28 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good to excellent (43300-61200 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (68700-85600 knot-ft) in the late morning and afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.03 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.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 20 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............49 50 50 53 53 53 54 55 56 56 56 RH..............80 79 76 71 71 69 71 72 68 68 68 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..12 13 15 15 16 17 16 16 16 15 15 20 FT wind gust.22 23 23 25 26 26 26 26 26 25 25 Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.9 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.22 23 24 26 28 28 24 24 26 26 28 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100043 55 61 75 86 84 74 78 83 77 69 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the evening. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph in the evening. Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 26 mph decreasing to 14 to 15 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Good to excellent (33600-67600 knot-ft) decreasing to poor to fair (11700-24800 knot-ft) overnight. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............57 56 51 48 47 46 RH..............64 67 71 77 78 77 20 ft wind......NW 13 NW 11 NW 9 NW 7 NW 7 NW 8 20 ft wind gust.25 21 18 15 15 15 Mix hgt (ft)....2900 2500 1900 1400 1100 1000 Transport wind..NW 26 NW 24 NW 24 NW 20 NW 15 NW 14 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100068 54 40 25 15 12 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 16 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph. Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL increasing to 7500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 16 to 25 mph increasing to 23 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (20800-27300 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (66100-88700 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to excellent (156300-166400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. 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 MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 Temp............47 56 64 68 RH..............79 65 48 40 20 FT wind......NW 8G16 NW 12G22 NW 16G25 NW 15G25 Mix hgt (ft)....1500 3400 5900 7300 Transport wind..NW 16 NW 23 NW 26 NW 26 Haines index....3 3 3 4 SDspl kt-ft/100021 66 135 166 $$ Forecaster...Linda Requested by...Jolene P Soltis Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2415608.1/DLH .DELDT 06/05/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Christopher.bergquist@state.mn.us,jolene.soltis@state.mn.us