


Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
058 FNUS73 KDLH 151002 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Crosby Wildfire...MN DNR National Weather Service Duluth MN 502 AM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on October 15. 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... Light and variable winds this morning will remain light with speeds 5 mph or less this afternoon and largely from the southeast, though direction could vary a bit. Decreasing clouds through the day. RH is expected to remain around 60 percent this afternoon with very light onshore flow. Winds will remain light into tonight, but a quick reversal to northerly is possible around sunset before gradually becoming easterly later tonight. A low- level inversion is expected to remain in place through today, keeping smoke dispersal conditions poor. Slightly more wind on Thursday from the southeast gusting up to 10-15 mph. Rain moves in Thursday afternoon. Thunder is not expected at this time (<5% chance). .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 53. Min humidity........60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (900 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............43 44 47 49 50 51 52 52 52 53 52 RH..............73 73 68 66 63 63 61 60 61 61 66 20 FT wind dir..N N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.0 Transp wind dir.N N NE E E SE SE SE S S S Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10001 1 2 3 3 4 6 6 5 4 3 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 41. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 2 to 3 mph shifting to the east 3 to 7 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (400 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............50 48 45 44 44 43 43 43 42 42 42 43 RH..............71 77 86 86 82 86 86 86 89 89 89 89 20 FT wind dir..SE N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 20 FT wind gust.5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE S E E E E E E SE E Transp wind spd.2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 SDspl kt-ft/10001 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers likely late in the morning. Rain showers early in the afternoon, then chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. Max temperature.....Around 54. Min humidity........83 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 15 mph increasing to 12 to 16 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2000-17200 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.17 inches. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC MC MC MC MC MC CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY Weather cov..... LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 60 60 60 80 80 80 50 50 Temp............42 44 45 48 51 51 50 50 51 52 52 52 RH..............93 89 93 86 83 83 86 83 83 83 83 86 20 FT wind dir..E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT wind gust.8 9 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 Transp wind dir.E SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE Transp wind spd.8 8 9 13 15 16 16 15 14 14 13 12 SDspl kt-ft/10002 2 3 9 14 17 17 15 13 11 9 6 $$ Forecaster...Josh Requested by...Jennifer Opsal Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2523402.5/DLH .DELDT 10/15/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Warren.LaPlante@co.lake.mn.us,mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov