Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
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FNUS73 KDLH 161115
FWSDLH
Spot Forecast for Wood Lake...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
615 AM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on September 16.
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 to mostly cloudy skies will prevail today with chances for
showers and thunderstorms. No strong or severe storms are
expected, but if a shower or storm passes over the fire, moderate
to briefly heavy rainfall may occur. Winds will be southerly at 5
to 10 mph with gusts to 15 mph. Chances for showers and storms
will persist into today and remain for Tuesday.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
LAL.................3 until 0900, then 2 until 1000, then 1 until
1300, then 2 until 1500, then 3.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL increasing to 4300 ft AGL in the
afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4000-22200 knot-ft) increasing to
good (37300-43000 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to 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 MCLDY MCLDY
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE S CHC CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).50 30 20 20 20 30
LAL.............3 3 2 2 2 3
Temp............66 67 72 79 83 84
RH..............100 98 87 67 57 55
20 ft wind......E 3 S 3 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 6
20 ft wind gust.8 7 8 11 13 13
Mix hgt (ft)....500 600 1200 2800 4300 3900
Transport wind..SW 9 SW 8 SW 9 S 9 S 12 S 13
Haines index....4 4 4 4 3 3
SDspl kt-ft/10004 4 9 22 43 43
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
LAL.................2 until 2200, then 3 until 0400, then 2.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms in the evening and
overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL early in
the evening.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (6800-24600 knot-ft) decreasing to
poor (4000 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 10 PM 2 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY
Weather cov.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).20 30 40
LAL.............2 3 3
Temp............79 70 67
RH..............67 87 93
20 FT wind......S 5G12 S 4G11 S 4G11
Mix hgt (ft)....2500 500 500
Transport wind..S 12 S 9 S 10
Haines index....3 3 4
SDspl kt-ft/100025 4 5
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Slight chance of thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
LAL.................2 until 1300, then 1 until 1600, then 2.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph in
the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms in the morning. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 4500 ft AGL in the
afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph increasing to 16 to 20 mph
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4500-21600 knot-ft) increasing to
good to excellent (46000-71900 knot-ft).
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.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40 30 20
LAL.............2 2 1
Temp............63 73 81
RH..............100 73 53
20 FT wind......S 4G11 S 6G15 S 9G19
Mix hgt (ft)....500 1400 4200
Transport wind..SW 10 S 17 S 20
Haines index....4 4 3
SDspl kt-ft/10005 22 69
$$
Forecaster...Bryan
Requested by...Jeb Backe
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2422379.2/DLH
.DELDT 09/16/24
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.EMAIL joseph.friedmeyer@usda.gov