Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
667 FNUS73 KDLH 081950 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Seagull Helispot Rx...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN Issued by National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 250 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 09. 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...For the Seagull Helispot Rx burn, mostly sunny skies are expected throughout the day with northeast winds 10kts or less. Temperatures will start out in the upper 30s with highs near 60. RH values will fall into the 30-35% range in the afternoon. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Temperature.........39 at ignition...Max 59. RH..................73 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 7 mph at ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4100 ft AGL increasing to 5400 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair /27600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /41700 knot-ft/. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 3. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............39 41 47 49 51 54 56 57 57 58 RH..............73 66 53 50 46 40 37 37 36 34 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT wind gust.13 11 12 11 11 11 9 9 9 8 Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 3.0 3.7 4.1 4.5 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.4 Transp wind dir.E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Transp wind spd.14 13 13 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100028 33 41 37 41 38 41 42 38 38 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Temperature.........Min 35. RH..................Max 76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 6 mph shifting to the south in the late evening and overnight. Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph shifting to the south 6 to 8 mph in the evening and overnight, then shifting to the southwest around 8 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14100-28700 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (1500-8300 knot-ft) early in the evening. 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 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR 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............57 52 42 38 36 36 RH..............37 43 62 71 74 76 20 ft wind......NE 5 S 4 S 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 20 ft wind gust.7 7 8 8 7 8 Mix hgt (ft)....4800 1200 300 300 300 300 Transport wind..NE 7 S 8 S 6 S 6 SW 7 SW 8 Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100029 8 2 2 2 2 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the morning. Rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................1 until 1300, then 2. Temperature.........Max 61. RH..................Min 47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 10 mph shifting to the west 10 to 13 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 4200 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....West 9 to 18 mph shifting to the northwest around 20 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3300-17600 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (57300-70800 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.09 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC S CHC LIKELY LIKELY Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).0 20 20 20 60 60 LAL.............1 1 1 1 2 2 Temp............37 43 52 57 59 59 RH..............76 65 52 48 47 48 20 ft wind......SW 6 SW 7 W 8 W 9 W 10 NW 10 20 ft wind gust.9 12 13 14 15 15 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1000 2100 2900 3700 4200 Transport wind..W 9 W 12 W 15 W 18 NW 20 NW 20 Haines index....4 4 4 4 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10003 10 27 47 64 71 $$ Forecaster...WFO MPX Requested by...Drew Augustyn Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413508.0/DLH .DELDT 05/08/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL andrew.augustyn@usda.gov