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Spot Forecast for Wood Lake Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
611 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on September 22.
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...

High pressure will create sunny skies today. Northwest winds will
occur today with gusts around 20 mph into at least early
afternoon. No precipitation is expected for much of the next week.
Temperatures will be coolest today and Monday then they will warm
a bit through the week. Minimum humidity values will generally be
from 35 to 45 percent over the next several days. Smoke dispersal
today and Monday will increase to excellent after overnight
minimums.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (6700-23900 knot-ft) increasing to
                    excellent (65400-87000 knot-ft).
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC  MCR MCR MCR PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............48  45  47  49  53  56  58  59  60  60  61  60
RH..............85  93  86  80  71  62  55  49  46  46  44  46
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9   10  10  10   9   9   9   8   7
20 FT wind gust.18  18  17  17  18  19  19  18  18  18  16  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.6 1.8 2.2 3.2 4.2 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.2 4.7
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.14  13  15  16  18  20  21  20  18  18  17  16
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/100011  7   24  31  51  71  86  87  79  81  78  65

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL decreasing to 900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 15 mph shifting to the north
                    around 5 mph late in the evening, then shifting
                    to the south 3 to 6 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (49700 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (1400-8300 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 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
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............59     51     47     44     42     41
RH..............47     63     79     89     96     100
20 ft wind......NW 5   NW 3   NW 2   SW 1   S 1    S 2
20 ft wind gust.13     8      5      3      3      3
Mix hgt (ft)....3800   500    500    500    500    500
Transport wind..NW 15  NW 9   NW 6   N 5    S 5    S 5
Haines index....3      4      4      4      4      4
SDspl kt-ft/100050     4      3      2      2      2

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2800-21000 knot-ft) increasing to
                    good to excellent (40400-62000 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         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            0
LAL.............1            1            1
Temp............40           54           66
RH..............100          66           40
20 FT wind......S 2G5        S 3G8        S 5G12
Mix hgt (ft)....500          2100         5400
Transport wind..S 7          S 12         S 13
Haines index....4            3            3
SDspl kt-ft/10003            21           58

$$
Forecaster...Dean M
Requested by...Jeb Backe
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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