Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
276 FNUS73 KDLH 251102 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Simek Rx...MN DNR National Weather Service Duluth MN 602 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 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... Sunny to mostly sunny skies are expected today as high pressure persists over the region. Winds will be from the south for much of the day, shifting to the southeast late this afternoon. Deep mixing occurring today is expected to result in wind gusts up to 23 mph being mixed down at 1600 CDT. Average wind gust today will be around the 18 to 22 mph range, coming from the south. Min RH today will be dropping as low as 27 percent around 1500 CDT as dry air aloft is mixed to the surface. Smoke dispersal today will be increasing from fair at 1000 CDT this morning to excellent this afternoon. Widespread rain arrives tomorrow morning and persists through the day. Breezy winds from the southeast are expected tomorrow. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 64. Min humidity........27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 12 mph with gusts to around 23 mph. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL increasing to 6200 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South 16 to 22 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (20900-36300 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (98700-117700 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR PC MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............49 54 59 61 62 63 64 62 RH..............46 40 32 29 28 27 28 30 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SE 20 FT wind spd..9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 20 FT wind gust.18 19 20 21 22 22 23 21 Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.4 4.4 5.2 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.16 17 20 22 22 23 23 22 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100021 36 75 98 117 118 109 99 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 37. Max humidity........70 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph early in the evening. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL decreasing to 1800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 14 to 22 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (82100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor to fair (6700-13900 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............61 53 46 43 42 39 RH..............31 44 51 57 60 64 20 ft wind......SE 11 SE 10 SE 8 SE 9 SE 9 SE 9 20 ft wind gust.20 19 15 16 18 18 Mix hgt (ft)....4300 700 600 800 1000 900 Transport wind..S 22 SE 14 SE 14 S 14 S 16 S 16 Haines index....4 4 4 4 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/100082 8 7 10 14 12 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent) then becoming cloudy (90-100 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the morning. Chance of rain showers late in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 55. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 27 mph. Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL increasing to 2900 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 20 mph increasing to 22 to 28 mph early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (12500-19000 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (41000-68600 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.12 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 30 60 70 70 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............37 41 48 53 53 53 RH..............70 65 54 43 46 52 20 ft wind......SE 10 SE 12 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 20 ft wind gust.19 23 26 27 26 23 Mix hgt (ft)....900 1800 2100 2600 2700 2300 Transport wind..S 16 S 26 SE 28 SE 28 SE 26 SE 23 Haines index....5 4 4 4 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100013 41 50 62 61 45 $$ Forecaster...Woody Requested by...Josh Koelsch Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412261.1/DLH .DELDT 04/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL joshua.koelsch@state.mn.us