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Spot Forecast for Oxbow Hill Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
849 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on December 02.
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...

South winds today will occur under mostly cloudy skies. While
periodic flurries are possible this afternoon, accumulations
are not expected. Expect an uptick in light snowfall chances
early this evening around sunset. Light accumulating snowfall
then lasts into the early overnight hours ahead of an approaching
cold front. New snowfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible this
evening. Expect a wind shift from southwest to northwest between
2000 to Midnight LT late this evening. Gusty northwest winds last
into Wednesday daytime as temperatures remain steady in the
mid-single digits above zero through the daytime hours.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Flurries
                    this afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 20.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (5900-18400 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH SHC CHC
Weather type....                SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   10  10  10  10  20  30
Temp............13  14  14  14  17  18  18  20  19
RH..............84  80  76  73  67  70  80  71  80
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   4
20 FT wind gust.11  12  13  14  14  14  14  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.9   12  13  15  16  16  15  14  14
SDspl kt-ft/10006   10  11  15  18  18  15  14  11

.TONIGHT...

Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 4 above.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph with
                    gusts to around 19 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 13 mph shifting to the northwest 14
                    to 22 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (8100-27600 knot-ft) increasing to
                    fair (28800 knot-ft) after 3 am.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Chc of pcpn (%).50  50  60  60  40  20  20  20  20  10  0   0
Temp............19  19  18  18  18  17  16  15  15  14  11  10
RH..............88  92  100 100 96  92  88  92  84  84  91  87
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   4   5   5   6   7   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.11  11  11  11  13  13  14  15  16  18  18  19
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   NW  N   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  14  16  17  18  18  20  21  21  22
SDspl kt-ft/10008   10  8   11  13  18  20  16  28  26  29  32

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 12.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    in the morning and early afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 21 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (34500-50400 knot-ft) increasing to good
                    to excellent (52800-79100 knot-ft) in the late
                    morning and afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............9   6   7   7   7   8   8   7   7   7   6   5
RH..............80  100 66  79  72  63  69  72  72  69  69  69
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   7
20 FT wind gust.20  19  18  18  18  19  19  19  19  18  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.1 2.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.24  22  21  23  24  25  25  25  25  25  24  23
SDspl kt-ft/100050  42  35  50  62  67  71  75  78  79  66  53

$$
Forecaster...Nathan
Requested by...Tyler Lange
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526750.1/DLH
.DELDT 12/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tyler.lange@usda.gov