Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
583 FNUS73 KDLH 201051 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Wood Lake Fire...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 551 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on September 20. 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 cloudy skies to start this morning, then turn mostly cloudy for late morning into early afternoon before clouds begin clearing out late this afternoon into tonight. 20 ft winds will be out of the west-southwest today at around 7-10 mph, with gusts to around 15 mph. Min RH values drop to around 45 to 50 percent this afternoon, with smoke dispersal becoming good. in the late morning through afternoon. Winds back to southerly this evening and tonight while turning light with RH recovery above 90 percent under mostly clear skies. Saturday will see cloud cover increasing throughout the day. Winds will be southerly, increasing to 8 to 10 mph during mid morning through afternoon. Gusts will also increase to around 20 mph for the afternoon hours. Min RH will drop to around 50 percent during the afternoon. There will also be a 10 to 20 percent chance for scattered showers and a few thunderstorms during the late morning and afternoon, with expected rainfall amounts of one tenth of an inch or less. Smoke dispersal will become good to excellent during the day. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 72. Min humidity........51 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL increasing to 3800 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (7100-15200 knot-ft) increasing to fair to good (27100-43500 knot-ft) in the late morning and early afternoon, then increasing to good (49100 knot-ft) late in the afternoon decreasing to fair (29100 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC CDY MC MC MC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............60 63 66 68 70 71 71 72 72 71 RH..............90 84 75 70 66 61 57 53 51 53 20 FT wind dir..SW SW W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 7 6 20 FT wind gust.11 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.5 2.3 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8 2.9 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.10 12 14 14 14 13 14 14 15 12 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10007 15 27 36 40 38 42 44 49 29 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 48. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 5 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 7 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1900-13600 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 6 or very low to high 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 MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR 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............70 65 58 54 53 51 RH..............55 68 83 90 86 89 20 ft wind......W 5 SW 3 SW 2 SW 2 S 2 S 2 20 ft wind gust.11 7 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....1700 500 500 500 500 500 Transport wind..W 9 W 5 S 5 SW 7 SW 7 S 6 Haines index....3 4 4 4 6 6 SDspl kt-ft/100014 2 2 3 3 3 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the late morning and afternoon. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................1 until 1300, then 2. Max temperature.....Around 78. Min humidity........50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then shifting to the southwest around 9 mph with gusts to around 19 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL increasing to 4000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South 7 to 16 mph shifting to the southwest 17 to 20 mph in the afternoon, then shifting to the west around 16 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900-10400 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (42400-67800 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 to 6 or low to high potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.06 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 20 LAL.............1 1 2 Temp............48 66 78 RH..............93 61 50 20 FT wind......S 2G5 S 5G13 S 9G20 Mix hgt (ft)....500 900 4000 Transport wind..S 7 S 13 S 20 Haines index....6 6 4 SDspl kt-ft/10003 10 68 $$ Forecaster...Cory Requested by...Jeb Backe Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422772.0/DLH .DELDT 09/20/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL walkaman.white@gmail.com