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Spot Forecast for Cutfoot Sioux...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
620 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 12.
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...

Relative humidities will be just as dry if not drier than
yesterday, getting as low as 20 percent this afternoon with high
mixing heights above 5000 ft. In addition, northwest winds up to
20 mph will be possible, and an upgrade to a Red Flag Warning is
not out of the question. Skies could be milky for a portion to
most of the day from smoke being transported from Canada behind
the cold front that passed overnight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Areas of smoke in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL increasing to 7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 16 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (20400-40000 knot-ft) increasing
                    to excellent (120900-135900 knot-ft).
Haines Index........5 or moderate 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.......MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....    ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS
Weather type....    SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
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............63  67  69  71  71  72  72  71  71
RH..............47  37  28  24  22  21  20  21  20
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..8   9   10  10  10  11  12  12  11
20 FT wind gust.13  14  14  16  19  20  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.6 4.3 5.9 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.0
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.16  17  20  21  22  22  22  23  23
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/100024  40  73  108 133 136 127 132 127

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Areas of smoke
                    early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL decreasing to 1500 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 22 mph decreasing to 10 to 12 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (106100-112300 knot-ft) decreasing to
                    poor to fair (5400-20100 knot-ft).
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very 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.......PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....AREAS
Weather type....SMOKE  NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............69     63     55     49     45     42
RH..............22     29     42     50     58     66
20 ft wind......NW 11  NW 9   N 7    N 8    N 7    N 5
20 ft wind gust.19     15     14     13     12     11
Mix hgt (ft)....5600   1500   800    800    700    600
Transport wind..NW 22  NW 15  N 14   N 13   N 12   N 12
Haines index....5      3      3      3      3      3
SDspl kt-ft/1000112    20     10     8      7      7

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 4700 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4400-23800 knot-ft) increasing to
                    good to excellent (53400-63800 knot-ft).
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR CLEAR
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............40     44     53     58     62     64
RH..............76     65     45     37     30     28
20 ft wind......N 5    N 5    N 6    N 7    N 8    N 8
20 ft wind gust.9      9      11     12     14     14
Mix hgt (ft)....600    1400   2800   3700   4500   4700
Transport wind..N 9    N 12   N 14   N 14   N 15   N 14
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3
SDspl kt-ft/10004      14     36     47     60     61

$$
Forecaster...Krystal
Requested by...Jay Rude
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/12/24
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.EMAIL jay.rude@usda.gov