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FNUS73 KDLH 241051
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Spot Forecast for A Unit...MN DNR
National Weather Service Duluth MN
551 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 24.
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 skies are expected today as high pressure moves into the
region. This high pressure will keep winds light through the day,
with calm winds early this morning becoming southerly at 5 mph or
less. Min RH today will be dropping as low as 24 percent with
overnight RH recovery to around 64 percent. High pressure persists
tomorrow, resulting in another dry day with min RH of 25%. Winds
will become southeast to south on Thursday with speeds of 5 to 12
mph and gusts up to 18 mph.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL increasing to 5900 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 6 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 7 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to good (12500-30100 knot-ft) increasing
                    to good (33900 knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  46  48  51  55  56  56  57
RH..............46  39  34  30  27  25  24  24
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.1 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.9
Transp wind dir.SE  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/100013  16  18  26  30  34  36  35

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    after 3 am.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 7 mph shifting to the south 8 to
                    10 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (23000-32700 knot-ft) decreasing
                    to poor (2800 knot-ft) early in the evening.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............56     51     43     39     35     34
RH..............24     32     50     58     58     63
20 ft wind......S 3    S 3    SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   SE 4
20 ft wind gust.9      8      8      8      9      9
Mix hgt (ft)....5400   600    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..SW 7   S 6    S 8    S 9    S 10   S 9
Haines index....3      4      4      4      4      4
SDspl kt-ft/100033     3      3      3      4      3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3900-20100 knot-ft) increasing to
                    excellent (74400-83000 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR 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
Temp............33     41     54     61     64     65
RH..............63     52     38     30     28     25
20 ft wind......SE 4   SE 5   S 7    S 9    S 10   S 11
20 ft wind gust.9      12     15     16     18     18
Mix hgt (ft)....400    900    2500   4200   5000   5200
Transport wind..S 10   S 13   S 16   S 16   S 18   S 18
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4
SDspl kt-ft/10004      10     36     57     79     83

$$
Forecaster...Woody
Requested by...Graham Parson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412107.0/DLH
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL graham.parson@state.mn.us