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Spot Forecast for Sleeping Giant...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
311 AM CST Mon Dec 8 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CST on December 08.
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...

Fire weather concerns are minimal due to widespread existing snow
cover and active winter weather patterns. Two clipper systems will
impact the Northland through midweek. The first arrives Monday,
bringing accumulating snow (heaviest in the Arrowhead) and breezy
southwest winds gusting 20 to 30 mph. A second, stronger system
arrives Tuesday afternoon, bringing widespread snow and difficult
travel conditions through Wednesday morning. Winds will shift to the
northwest and remain gusty on Wednesday, ushering in a much colder
arctic airmass for the late week. Minimum relative humidity values
will remain high (generally above 60%) throughout the period.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    flurries late in the afternoon. Chance of snow
                    late in the afternoon, then snow likely late in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 15.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15800-24000 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches.

TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....                    CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....                    SW  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  0   0   10  30  60
Temp............8   10  12  13  14  14  14  14
RH..............66  66  66  67  67  70  73  73
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   10  10  9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.14  15  16  18  18  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  16  17  17  17  17  17  16
SDspl kt-ft/100016  18  22  24  23  23  22  17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Snow in the
                    evening, then chance of snow overnight.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 9 above.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph in the evening shifting
                    to the west around 5 mph, then shifting to the
                    northwest after 3 am becoming light.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest 8
                    to 9 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3300-16000 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.15 inches.

TIME (CST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......CLOUDY       CLOUDY       MCLDY
Weather cov.....DEFNTE       LIKELY
Weather type....SNOW         SNOW         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).80           70           10
Temp............14           15           14
RH..............76           80           88
20 FT wind......S 8G16       SW 5G9       NW 4G9
Mix hgt (ft)....800          800          500
Transport wind..S 16         S 10         NW 8
SDspl kt-ft/100011           7            3

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow early in the afternoon. Chance of snow
                    early in the afternoon, then snow likely late
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 21.
Min humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 7 mph shifting to the south 5 to
                    6 mph in the late morning and early afternoon,
                    then shifting to the southeast 7 to 10 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400-6900 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.08 inches.

TIME (CST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        MCLDY        MCLDY
Weather cov.....                          CHANCE
Weather type....NONE         NONE         SNOW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0            10           40
Temp............9            13           19
RH..............87           87           77
20 FT wind......NW 2G6       W 2G6        SE 3G14
Mix hgt (ft)....1000         700          900
Transport wind..NW 7         S 6          SE 6
SDspl kt-ft/10006            4            5

$$
Forecaster...Jonathan
Requested by...Travis Durkin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527041.0/DLH
.DELDT 12/08/25
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.EMAIL travis.durkin@usda.gov,jeb.backe@usda.gov