Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
646 FNUS73 KDLH 171048 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Wood Lake...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 548 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on September 17. 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... There may be a few showers/thunderstorms today into tonight (20-40% chance). It will again be very warm with highs in the lower eighties with a minimum humidity near 50%. Expect southerly winds and as mixing deepens late morning into the afternoon, gusts near 20 mph will develop. Wednesday will be dry and warm with humidity dropping to 40 to 45%. Southerly winds will continue. There will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms Thursday/Thursday night but significant rainfall looks unlikely. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................1 until 0900, then 2 until 1700, then 3. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL increasing to 5300 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph increasing to 17 to 20 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4500-19800 knot-ft) increasing to good (30700 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to good to excellent (57300-77100 knot-ft) early in the afternoon increasing to excellent (84300 knot-ft) late in the afternoon decreasing to good (57400 knot-ft). 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 PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Weather type....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 LAL.............1 1 2 2 2 2 Temp............64 66 72 79 82 83 RH..............95 92 80 71 57 53 20 ft wind......SE 4 S 6 S 7 SW 8 SW 8 S 8 20 ft wind gust.8 14 16 16 18 19 Mix hgt (ft)....500 800 1600 3800 5100 5100 Transport wind..S 10 S 10 S 14 SW 17 S 17 S 20 Haines index....4 4 4 4 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10005 7 20 57 77 87 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. LAL.................3. Min temperature.....Around 62. Max humidity........97 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 7 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.......3100 ft AGL decreasing to 1000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (44000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (4500-9700 knot-ft). 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 PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 30 LAL.............3 3 3 Temp............80 69 66 RH..............61 89 92 20 FT wind......S 7G14 S 5G13 S 5G12 Mix hgt (ft)....3100 600 500 Transport wind..S 16 S 12 S 10 Haines index....3 3 4 SDspl kt-ft/100044 6 5 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................2 until 0700, then 1. Max temperature.....Around 85. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL increasing to 3600 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph increasing to 17 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4500-14700 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (39500-61500 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov.....S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE Tstm cov........S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).20 10 0 LAL.............2 1 1 Temp............63 72 84 RH..............97 73 46 20 FT wind......S 5G11 S 6G14 S 8G16 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1600 3100 Transport wind..S 12 S 18 S 21 Haines index....4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/10005 26 55 $$ Forecaster...Dean M Requested by...Jeb Backe Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422379.5/DLH .DELDT 09/17/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL joseph.friedmeyer@usda.gov