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Spot Forecast for Kimberly Clark East...WI DNR
National Weather Service Duluth MN
307 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 25.
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...

Thursday will be mainly sunny and dry once again along with
breezier winds. Afternoon RH values will fall to around 24
percent, although it may trend slightly drier with the stronger
winds. Winds will be from the south-southeast at 6 to 12 mph with
gusts to around 15 mph during the afternoon. Given the good mixing
conditions, smoke dispersal will improve to excellent by the
afternoon. A long duration rain event is expected for Friday into
the weekend with rain becoming likely Friday afternoon with
showers possible Friday morning. Winds Friday will be
southeasterly at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 to 30 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL increasing to 5800 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (10400-22700 knot-ft) increasing
                    to good to excellent (57400-76200 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 or low 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 CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR
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............44  50  53  56  58  59  60  61  61
RH..............49  40  33  30  26  25  25  25  24
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.11  11  11  12  12  13  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.5 4.0 4.7 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  12  13  14  15  14  16
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
SDspl kt-ft/100010  23  36  47  57  64  75  69  76

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 36.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    overnight then 21 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL decreasing to 800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (67100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (6800-12100 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate 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.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
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............59     52     46     42     39     38
RH..............26     38     49     50     54     54
20 ft wind......S 8    S 8    SE 8   SE 8   SE 9   SE 9
20 ft wind gust.14     14     15     16     18     16
Mix hgt (ft)....5200   700    600    600    600    600
Transport wind..S 15   S 13   SE 15  SE 15  SE 15  SE 16
Haines index....4      5      5      5      5      5
SDspl kt-ft/100067     8      8      8      8      9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain in the
                    morning. Rain likely in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 13 to 21 mph. Gusts up to 32
                    mph increasing to 36 mph in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 17 to 26 mph increasing to 29 to 30
                    mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (12300-28500 knot-ft) increasing
                    to good to excellent (51100-70300 knot-ft).
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.14 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY
Weather cov.....       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      30     30     30     60     60
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............38     42     48     53     55     54
RH..............62     60     54     48     46     48
20 ft wind......SE 12  SE 17  SE 20  SE 21  SE 21  SE 21
20 ft wind gust.21     26     32     32     32     32
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   1200   1800   2500   2600   2200
Transport wind..SE 18  SE 20  SE 24  SE 29  SE 30  SE 29
Haines index....5      5      5      5      3      3
SDspl kt-ft/100016     20     38     63     69     55

$$
Forecaster...Bryan
Requested by...Tom Onchuck
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412336.0/DLH
.DELDT 04/24/24
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.EMAIL thomas.onchuck@wisconsin.gov