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Spot Forecast for Squint RX...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
557 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 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...
Widespread rain is expected through today with an additional 1"
to 1.25" of rainfall by Thursday morning. Northeast winds today
are expected to be gusty around 20 mph, remaining strong as winds
shift to the north tonight and remain northerly on Thursday. Rain
begins to taper off on Thursday morning, with skies becoming
mostly cloudy in the afternoon and min RH lowering from 93 percent
today to 67 percent on Thursday. Shallow mixing today and tonight
will result in poor smoke dispersal. However, Thursday will see
more improved smoke dispersal as mixing heights trend higher and
strong winds result in transport winds up to 25 mph.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Patchy fog. Rain.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    early in the morning then 21 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 14 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (8900-19900 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.76 inches.

TIME (CST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).90  90  100 100 100 90  90  90  90  90  80
Temp............48  49  50  50  50  50  50  49  50  49  49
RH..............100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 93
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..8   7   7   7   6   6   7   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.19  18  18  16  16  16  16  18  18  19  19
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.15  15  16  15  16  15  14  16  15  16  16
SDspl kt-ft/10009   12  19  16  18  16  13  18  18  20  20

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Patchy fog in the
                    evening and overnight. Rain in the evening and
                    overnight. Rain likely after 3 am, then chance
                    of rain early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 7 to 13 mph with gusts to around 27
                    mph.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (11700-28700 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.32 inches.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).80  80  80  80  80  80  90  80  80  70  60  40
Temp............47  46  45  45  45  45  45  44  43  42  39  37
RH..............96  96  96  96  96  96  93  93  93  89  92  92
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   8   9   9   9   9   10  10  11  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.21  22  21  22  22  22  22  23  23  25  26  27
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.15  15  17  17  18  18  18  21  23  24  23  24
SDspl kt-ft/100014  12  14  14  14  16  16  12  27  29  26  28

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    early in the morning, then slight chance of
                    rain early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 39.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 14 mph with gusts to around 27
                    mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 18 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (30200-42700 knot-ft) increasing to good
                    to excellent (47800-60600 knot-ft) early in the
                    morning.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CDY CDY MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  20  20  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............35  33  34  37  37  37  37  38  37  37  37  34
RH..............96  100 96  85  82  82  79  73  72  70  67  75
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..12  13  12  12  12  11  11  10  10  10  9   8
20 FT wind gust.27  27  27  25  23  23  23  22  22  22  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.24  23  25  25  25  24  25  23  24  22  20  18
SDspl kt-ft/100030  43  52  53  54  53  57  52  61  58  53  48

$$
Forecaster...Woody
Requested by...Aaron Badillo
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2625017.1/DLH
.DELDT 11/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL aaron.badillo@usda.gov