FNUS73 KDLH 221332
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUG SCHOOL RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
831 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE DAKOTAS
TODAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH...THEN SOUTHWEST AND
BECOME GUSTY. SKY COVER WILL BE VARIABLE...AND THERE IS JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SHOWER AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 60S
WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO AROUND 30S PERCENT
THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH WINDS SWITCHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST AS IT
PASSES. AGAIN...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM AS THE FRONT PASSES.

.TODAY...

SKY / WEATHER.......PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 11
                    TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......650 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (26500) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (97100) IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............52     58     63     67     66
RH..............47     40     36     31     37
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      SW     SW     SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10     12     13     13     11
20 FT WIND GUST.15     18     19     20     17

.TONIGHT...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......750 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12300).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............64     54     49     46     43     41
RH..............41     61     74     83     89     92
20 FT WIND DIR..SW     NW     NW    NNW    NNW      N
20 FT WIND SPD...9     10     12      9      6      5
20FT WIND GUST. 15     16     18     15      8      7

.SATURDAY...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5050 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24550).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............40     47     54     59     63     64
RH..............89     65     46     39     35     35
20 FT WIND DIR..N      N      N      N      NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5      5      5      5      4
20 FT WIND GUST.7      7      6      6      6      5

$$
FORECASTER...AMY
REQUESTED BY...BEVERLY BARTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090522.BUGSC.01/DLH