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Spot Forecast for Smith Bridge fire...Wisconsin DNR
National Weather Service Duluth MN
206 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0300 CDT on April 14.
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...

Dry with breezy northwest winds through the afternoon. Sunny
skies. Min RH may fall by another couple percentage from where it
is currently at this afternoon with winds and wind gusts largely
holding steady where they`re currently at through the afternoon.

Similarly dry weather is expected tomorrow with increasing clouds
and light winds less than 10 mph, shifting direction to
northeasterly by the afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL increasing to 8200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (115300-148900 knot-ft).
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)       2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover....... CLR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%). 0   0   0   0
LAL............. 1   1   1   1
Temp............ 66  66  67  66
RH.............. 20  19  19  20
20 FT wind dir.. NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd.. 12  13  13  11
20 FT wind gust. 24  24  25  24
Mix hgt (kft)... 7.5 7.8 8.2 8.1
Transp wind dir. NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd. 25  26  27  25
Haines index.... 5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/1000 142 149 148 145

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 37.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL decreasing to 2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 20 mph decreasing to 9 to 10
                    mph early in the evening, then shifting to the
                    north around 9 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (123800 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (2400 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............65     58     51     47     43     39
RH..............23     32     44     53     60     67
20 ft wind......NW 8   NW 6   NW 4   NW 4   N 4    N 4
20 ft wind gust.17     11     8      8      9      8
Mix hgt (ft)....7300   700    500    500    400    300
Transport wind..NW 21  NW 11  NW 9   N 9    N 10   N 9
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      4
SDspl kt-ft/1000124    6      4      4      4      3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 3900 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700-11700 knot-ft) increasing to fair
                    (17100-28100 knot-ft) in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    PCLDY     MCLDY     MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         10        10
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............38        46        58        63
RH..............73        47        27        22
20 FT wind......N 3G5     N 4G7     N 5G9     NE 5G7
Mix hgt (ft)....300       1500      3400      3800
Transport wind..N 9       NE 9      N 9       N 6
Haines index....4         4         4         4
SDspl kt-ft/10002         12        26        18

$$
Forecaster...Josh
Requested by...Ben Garrett-SITL
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2410680.0/DLH
.DELDT 04/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Benjaman.Garrett@wisconsin.gov