FNUS73 KDLH 041440 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR LEPPALA BURN...WDNR BRULE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 940 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0945 CDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL RESULT IN LIGHT SURFACE WIND THIS MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AS A LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPS. THE LAKE BREEZE WILL NOT BE VERY STRONG HOWEVER AND WILL WASH OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONGER SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS. .TODAY... SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 11 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13200). TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............41 49 56 61 62 RH..............57 48 40 35 35 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 7 9 20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 7 13 15 $$ FORECASTER...GREG REQUESTED BY...NICKY MARTIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090504.LEPPA.02/DLH