Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
810 FNUS73 KDLH 221111 FWSDLH 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 .TAG 2422772.2/DLH .DELDT 09/22/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL walkaman.white@gmail.com