Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
383 FNUS73 KDLH 101224 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Roos RX...WI DNR National Weather Service Duluth MN 724 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 10. 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... There is a 30% chance of very light and localized rain showers moving through the fire from 1000 to 1300 LT today along a cold front moving southeast across the Northland today. After a one to two hour break, scattered thunderstorms may (50% chance) move near the fire site in the late afternoon and early evening hours today. Isolated strong thunderstorms with localized erratic wind gusts up to 50 mph and small hail possible in the strongest storms. Localized rainfall amounts of 0.10-0.25" are likely with any showers or storms, but the scattered nature of the rain could lead to areas seeing less than a tenth of an inch. Winds start out southwesterly from 5 to 8 mph ahead of the front during the morning, but quickly shift westerly and increase in speed by early afternoon, and then further shift northwesterly in the mid- to late afternoon with 20 ft winds increasing to over 20 mph. Minimum RH in the afternoon drops to 40 percent due to deeper mixing heights today. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the morning, then rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................1 until 1300, then 3. Max temperature.....Around 66. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then shifting to the northwest 9 to 10 mph with gusts to around 21 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL increasing to 5100 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest 15 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (5000-24500 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (71300-87300 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.15 inches. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR PC PC MC MC MC MC MC PC MC Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 20 20 40 50 60 50 40 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 Temp............39 46 53 56 60 62 63 64 63 62 RH..............73 60 48 47 44 44 44 43 43 43 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..3 4 6 7 7 7 9 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.8 13 15 15 15 15 16 19 21 21 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.4 3.5 4.8 4.1 5.1 4.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.9 14 15 15 16 15 17 21 20 20 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/10005 15 23 25 33 46 71 74 87 77 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. LAL.................3 until 2000, then 2 until 2200, then 1. Min temperature.....Around 39. Max humidity........89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 20 mph decreasing to 9 to 12 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (23600-39900 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (3500-10400 knot-ft) early in the evening. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.04 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).40 20 10 10 0 0 LAL.............3 2 1 1 1 1 Temp............61 54 48 45 44 41 RH..............44 57 71 76 79 85 20 ft wind......NW 10 NW 7 NW 4 NW 5 NW 6 NW 6 20 ft wind gust.20 14 9 11 13 13 Mix hgt (ft)....2300 900 500 600 600 600 Transport wind..NW 20 NW 13 NW 9 NW 10 NW 12 N 12 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100040 10 4 5 6 6 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 5700 ft AGL late in the morning, then increasing to 7500 ft AGL in the afternoon decreasing to 4900 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....North 10 to 17 mph shifting to the west around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4500-13800 knot-ft) increasing to fair (28500 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to good (56200 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to good to excellent (57900-94000 knot-ft) late in the morning decreasing to good (41300 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY 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............40 46 57 62 66 68 RH..............89 76 53 41 33 31 20 ft wind......NW 6 NW 6 N 7 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 20 ft wind gust.12 12 13 14 14 14 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1300 4000 6700 7500 6400 Transport wind..N 12 N 13 N 16 N 16 NW 12 NW 10 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/10005 14 56 94 78 58 $$ Forecaster...Cory Requested by...Zak Neitzel Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413685.0/DLH .DELDT 05/10/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL zachary.neitzel@wisconsin.gov