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Spot Forecast for Hesitation WMA Rx...MNDNR-Wildlife
National Weather Service Duluth MN
1056 AM CST Tue Nov 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CST on November 04.
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...

Mainly cloudy today along with dry conditions. A high pressure to
the south will keep winds limited to 15 mph or less out of the
south to southeast. RH values will lower into the upper 30s this
afternoon before light precipitation moves in this evening. Most
of the rain will be to the north of the burn site, but a stray
shower or two may move over tonight. Little to no accumulation
expected. Sunny, dry and breezy for tomorrow with northwest winds
at 5 to 15 mph gusting to 20 to 25 mph by late morning. Afternoon
RH values will be in the lower 40s.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (5000-23200 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  CDY MC  CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   10  0   10
Temp............50  52  53  53  52  51
RH..............43  46  45  46  48  52
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   7   6   5
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.6 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.16  15  16  14  13  12
SDspl kt-ft/100020  21  23  16  9   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of
                    sprinkles early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of rain in the evening. Chance of
                    sprinkles late in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming south
                    around 5 mph late in the evening shifting to
                    the northwest 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph shifting to the northwest 10
                    to 15 mph late in the evening, then shifting to
                    the north 17 to 25 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft) increasing to fair (24100
                    knot-ft) overnight, then increasing to good
                    (46800 knot-ft) overnight decreasing to poor to
                    fair (9500-24000 knot-ft) after 3 am.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  MCR MCR
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RN  RN  RN  RN  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  0   0   0
Temp............50  47  46  46  44  43  42  41  40  39  36  36
RH..............54  63  65  68  73  79  82  86  85  85  92  89
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   SW  W   NW  NW  NW  N   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..4   3   3   4   4   5   7   8   10  11  11  10
20 FT wind gust.11  9   9   9   11  13  14  15  18  19  18  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.3 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.SE  S   S   S   SW  W   NW  N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  12  10  8   8   10  15  21  25  23  20  17
SDspl kt-ft/10004   5   4   3   3   5   8   24  47  24  10  10

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 3900 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon, then decreasing to 1600 ft AGL late
                    in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 21 mph increasing to 14 to 23
                    mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (5200-19700 knot-ft) increasing to
                    fair to good (25900-37800 knot-ft) late in the
                    morning, then increasing to good to excellent
                    (42600-73400 knot-ft) in the afternoon
                    decreasing to fair (18100 knot-ft) late in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............35  34  35  39  41  44  46  48  49  48  47  44
RH..............92  92  89  76  65  55  49  44  42  44  45  53
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   8   9   9   10  10  10  9   7   5
20 FT wind gust.15  14  14  15  16  18  19  19  19  18  14  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.9 2.7 1.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.13  14  15  18  20  21  23  23  23  22  18  14
SDspl kt-ft/10005   8   12  20  26  38  61  64  71  73  43  18

$$
Forecaster...Bryan
Requested by...Nathan Thom
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2525070.0/DLH
.DELDT 11/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nathan.thom@state.mn.us,christine.reisz@state.mn.us