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Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
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211 FNUS73 KDLH 121043 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Garden Oak Rx...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 543 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 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... A line of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms are currently over Lake Superior and are marching east to southeast. Though they are currently north of the burn site, it is still possible that showers will form over the area and bring light rain accumulations to the burn site this morning. Then mostly cloudy skies will thin to clear to milky as smoke is expected to be transported over northwest Wisconsin from Canada. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................2 until 1700, then 1. Max temperature.....Around 77. Min humidity........32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 12 mph shifting to the northwest around 10 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the morning. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL increasing to 5600 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....West 17 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest 14 to 15 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good (49000 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (72300-88700 knot-ft) early in the afternoon, then decreasing to good (52300 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 10 LAL.............2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Temp............72 75 76 76 76 76 74 RH..............38 34 34 34 34 33 33 20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..11 11 11 11 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.19 18 18 18 18 16 15 Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 4.3 5.2 5.1 5.6 4.4 4.1 Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW NW Transp wind spd.20 20 20 17 17 14 15 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/100049 72 89 77 84 52 54 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Areas of smoke. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 41. Max humidity........76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the late evening and overnight. Transport winds.....North 8 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (11500-27500 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (3000 knot-ft) early in the evening. 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.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov.....AREAS AREAS AREAS AREAS AREAS AREAS Weather type....SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............74 64 56 51 47 43 RH..............32 41 51 54 60 67 20 ft wind......NW 8 N 6 N 5 N 5 N 5 N 5 20 ft wind gust.14 13 9 8 8 8 Mix hgt (ft)....2500 600 400 500 500 400 Transport wind..NW 13 N 10 N 8 N 12 N 9 N 9 Haines index....5 5 5 5 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100028 6 3 5 4 3 .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 64. Min humidity........34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 4600 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon. Transport winds.....North 9 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3400-19300 knot-ft) increasing to good (42100-48600 knot-ft). 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 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR 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............41 47 54 59 62 63 RH..............76 65 52 44 36 34 20 ft wind......N 5 N 6 N 7 N 8 N 8 N 9 20 ft wind gust.9 9 12 13 13 14 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1600 2700 3700 4400 4400 Transport wind..N 9 N 12 N 12 N 10 N 10 N 13 Haines index....4 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10003 16 27 33 39 49 $$ Forecaster...Krystal Requested by...Joseph Eucolono Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413768.1/DLH .DELDT 05/12/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL joseph.f.eucolono@usda.gov