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FXUS63 KDLH 151011
AFDDLH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
511 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

.SHORT TERM...
FOCUS ON FIRE WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM. IT WILL BE ANOTHER DRY
AND GUSTY DAY IN THE NORTHLAND WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE
70S.

FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY DEEP MIXING TO 7-8 KFT THIS
AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR LOW DEW POINTS AND GUSTY WINDS TO MIX DOWN.
EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO QUICKLY DROP INTO THE 20S
ACROSS THE REGION AFTER THE NOON HOUR. THE LOWEST RH VALUES...IN
THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S...WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE MINNESOTA
ARROWHEAD AND OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

AS TEMPERATURES WARM TODAY...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY 20-25 MPH
IN MOST AREAS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL
FOREST IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA WHERE STRONGER GUSTS AROUND 30
MPH ARE EXPECTED. A READ FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LAKE AND
COOK COUNTIES TODAY.

ALTHOUGH LOW LEVELS WILL BE VERY DRY...HAVE INTRODUCED ISOLATED
SPRINKLES/VIRGA TO MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. HIGH
RESOLUTION MODELS SHOW THERE IS SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND A FEW
HUNDRED JULES OF CAPE TO SUPPORT A FEW SHOWERS LATE TODAY.
HOWEVER...THE THREAT WITH ANY SHOWERS THAT MAY DEVELOP WILL BE
ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL MIX DOWN...AS ANY RAIN WILL
EVAPORATE BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND.

FOR THURSDAY...WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH...WITH
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 20S.

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 139 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013/

AVIATION...06Z TAF ISSUANCE.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT.
THE WINDS WILL LOSE THEIR GUSTS FOR THE MOST PART OVERNIGHT...BUT
WILL PICK UP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THERE COULD
ALSO BE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING AS A WEAK SYSTEM DROPS ACROSS THE
REGION. THE SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN ERRATIC WINDS WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE SHOWERS.

&&

.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  72  47  66  43 /  10  10   0  10
INL  71  41  70  45 /  10  10   0  20
BRD  75  48  76  51 /  10  10  10  30
HYR  74  43  75  45 /  10  10   0  20
ASX  72  43  65  40 /  10  10   0  10

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
     MNZ012-020-021.

WI...NONE.
LS...NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...GRANING
LONG TERM....MELDE