Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
680 FNUS73 KDLH 151048 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Wood Lake...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 548 AM CDT Sun Sep 15 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on September 15. 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... Partly sunny skies are expected today with southerly winds developing with some gusts to 20 mph. There will be a chance for showers and a few thunderstorms tonight into Monday. There is a chance if the fire takes a direct hit from a thunderstorm, that significant rainfall could occur. However, chances of that are low as widespread showers/storms are not expected. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 20 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 4900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 16 mph shifting to the southwest 18 to 22 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3500-15400 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (80800-93200 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............63 64 70 76 80 81 RH..............94 97 87 67 55 52 20 ft wind......S 3 S 4 S 5 S 8 SW 9 SW 9 20 ft wind gust.8 11 14 18 20 19 Mix hgt (ft)....500 700 2000 3500 4500 4900 Transport wind..S 8 S 10 SW 16 SW 18 SW 21 SW 22 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10004 6 29 55 81 93 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of showers through the night. Chance of thunderstorms overnight. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. LAL.................1 until 2200, then 2 until 0400, then 3. Min temperature.....Around 65. Max humidity........99 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening and overnight becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am. Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (42400 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (4000-10500 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 30 LAL.............1 2 2 Temp............80 71 68 RH..............57 79 90 20 FT wind......S 6G15 S 5G13 S 3G11 Mix hgt (ft)....2800 500 500 Transport wind..SW 17 S 12 SW 10 Haines index....3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100042 5 5 .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. LAL.................3 until 0700, then 2 until 1300, then 3. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........55 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL increasing to 3600 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3500-22900 knot-ft) increasing to fair to good (24000-35700 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).40 30 40 LAL.............3 2 3 Temp............66 73 81 RH..............97 84 62 20 FT wind......S 3G8 SW 4G9 SW 5G13 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1300 3100 Transport wind..SW 9 SW 10 SW 10 Haines index....3 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/10004 12 26 $$ Forecaster...Dean M Requested by...Jeb Backe Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422379.1/DLH .DELDT 09/15/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL joseph.friedmeyer@usda.gov