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Spot Forecast for BWCA SAR...St. Louis County EM
National Weather Service Duluth MN
401 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CDT on May 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...
Search site and General Ely Forecast -

There will be a 20 percent chance for a shower or thunderstorm
late this evening with lows in the lower forties. Gusty westerly winds
will diminish and become light and variable overnight.

Rain amounts both this afternoon and tonight will be highly
dependent on if a shower/storm affects the site directly but
should be less than a tenth of an inch. As of right now, the rain
is expected to remain south of the search area.

Ely Visibility and Ceilings -

VFR conditions are expected overnight and into Sunday. Gusty
west to southwest winds gusting to 30 mph will decrease rapidly
this evening with light winds through tomorrow afternoon. There is
only the slightest chance for fog tonight and that`s if showers
occur and then skies clear.

To obtain an official pre-flight weather briefing call
1-800-992-7433.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...15 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........Near 100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 6 to 12 mph with gusts to around 22
                    mph early in the evening becoming light.
Ceiling (kft).......4.8 increasing to 5.2 overnight.
Visibility (sm).....10.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  10  10
Temp............64  63  61  55  52  50  48  46  45  43  43  43
RH..............41  43  49  64  71  77  80  86  89  93  96  93
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  S   S   SE
Surface wnd spd.12  10  8   6   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2
Surface wnd gst.22  18  15  12  8   7   6   6   5   3   3   3
Ceiling (kft)...5.1 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...11 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Ceiling (kft).......5.1 increasing to 6.1 early in the morning,
                    then decreasing to 4.6 early in the morning
                    decreasing to 4.2 late in the afternoon.
Visibility (sm).....10.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30     30     20     30     30     30
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............42     49     57     62     66     67
RH..............100    86     67     56     48     47
Surface wind....E 2    NE 2   NE 3   E 4    E 4    E 4
Surface wnd gst.3      6      7      7      8      9
Ceiling (kft)...5.1    4.6    5.4    5.3    5.0    4.3
Visibility (sm).10     10     10     10     10     10

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...8 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Ceiling (kft).......4.1 increasing to 5.2 late in the evening.
Visibility (sm).....10 in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY     MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR
Weather cov.....CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR    NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30        10        10        0
Chc of thdr (%).10        10        0         0
Temp............65        56        49        44
RH..............50        69        87        94
Surface wind....NE 4G10   N 3G8     N 3G8     N 3G7
Ceiling (kft)...4.2       4.8
Visibility (sm).10        10

.MEMORIAL DAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...4 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming northwest 6 to 10 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        MCLDY        MCLDY
Weather cov.....                          CHANCE
Weather type....NONE         NONE         RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                          S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0            10           30
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............43           59           64
RH..............96           62           48
Surface wind....NW 4G9       N 6G12       NW 10G17

$$
Forecaster...Jonathan
Requested by...Alex Rice
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2414880.5/DLH
.DELDT 05/25/24
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