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Spot Forecast for Rice Bay...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
521 AM CDT Thu Oct 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on October 30.
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...

Any fog in the vicinity of the fire site this morning burns
off mid to late morning today. Mostly cloudy skies will prevail
for the rest of today as high temperatures peak in the mid-40s.
No rain or snow showers are expected today at the fire site.
Mixing heights will be maximized this afternoon up to 3600 feet
above ground level under very light southerly winds. Very light
surface winds tonight from the east shift to the northeast and
increase with gusts to 15 mph Friday. Light rain and snow shower
chances build at the fire site late tonight and will be highest
Friday daytime.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL increasing to 3600 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (6300-15100 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  41  43  44  45  45  46  45
RH..............100 89  79  73  68  68  63  65
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.2 2.5 3.0 3.6 3.3 3.4 2.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   6   5   5   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/10006   9   13  15  14  13  10  7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 2 to 5 mph shifting to the east around 5
                    mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    north around 6 mph overnight shifting to the
                    northeast around 5 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        CLOUDY       MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0            10           10
Temp............43           39           36
RH..............70           85           92
20 FT wind......SW 2G5       SW 2G5       E 2G5
Mix hgt (ft)....1400         700          500
Transport wind..S 2          E 5          NE 5
SDspl kt-ft/10003            3            2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the morning. Chance of rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 2900 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2100-21000 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        MCLDY        MCLDY
Weather cov.....             S CHC        CHANCE
Weather type....NONE         RNSHWR       RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10           20           40
Temp............34           38           44
RH..............96           92           68
20 FT wind......NE 2G5       NE 4G11      NE 6G13
Mix hgt (ft)....500          1700         2900
Transport wind..NE 5         NE 7         NE 7
SDspl kt-ft/10002            10           17

$$
Forecaster...Nathan
Requested by...Travis Durkin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2524715.0/DLH
.DELDT 10/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL travis.durkin@usda.gov