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Spot Forecast for Crosby Wildfire...MN DNR
National Weather Service Duluth MN
530 AM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on October 13.
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...

Westerly winds will gust up to 22 mph today, with slowly
decreasing winds this afternoon. Minimum RHs drop to around 47
percent. The westerly winds gust up to 20 mph tonight. High
pressure sets up to create minimal rainfall chances today through
Wednesday. Near normal temperatures are expected today and
tomorrow, with high temperatures in the mid 50s.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 2800 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4800 knot-ft) increasing to good
                    (40100-50900 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  46  44  45  48  51  53  54  54  55  55  53
RH..............85  83  86  79  68  59  54  50  50  47  47  50
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   7   6
20 FT wind gust.16  19  20  20  20  19  19  18  18  18  18  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 0.7 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  15  16  21  21  21  21  21  21  21  20  20
SDspl kt-ft/10005   8   10  25  30  35  39  45  51  50  42  40

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 36.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    late in the evening.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 15 mph shifting to the north
                    around 14 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3700-12300 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  48  46  45  44  42  42  41  39  38  37  37
RH..............52  58  63  63  62  67  67  67  73  76  75  75
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.15  14  15  16  18  18  18  16  15  15  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
Transp wind spd.15  13  13  13  13  13  12  13  14  13  14  14
SDspl kt-ft/100012  9   7   6   6   5   4   5   8   7   8   9

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest around 5 mph
                    late in the morning, then becoming light late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (6400-16600 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............37  36  37  40  44  47  49  50  51  52  52  51
RH..............75  75  75  67  62  56  50  48  48  48  50  54
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   4   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.14  13  12  12  11  8   6   5   5   5   6   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.14  12  13  14  12  10  9   8   7   7   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/100010  8   12  15  16  17  17  16  13  11  9   6

$$
Forecaster...Linda
Requested by...Jennifer Opsal
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2523402.3/DLH
.DELDT 10/13/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Warren.LaPlante@co.lake.mn.us, mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov