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SPOT FORECAST FOR TOMAHAWK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
952 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1005 CDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTING ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BRING LIGHT
WINDS AND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY. A FEW THIN HIGH CLOUDS MAY MOVE
ACROSS INITIALLY...THEN CLOUDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. RAIN CHANCES
WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7450 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (45900).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............56     60     63     67     66
RH..............38     32     26     22     22
20 FT WIND DIR..W      SW     SW     SW     W
20 FT WIND SPD..2      2      2      2      2
20 FT WIND GUST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 850 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11900).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............63     53     47     43     40     37
RH..............24     35     45     53     62     72
20 FT WIND DIR..W      NW     N      NE     NE     E
20 FT WIND SPD..2      2      2      2      2      3
20 FT WIND GUST.

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FORECASTER...ED
REQUESTED BY...BEVERLY BARTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090524.TOMAH.01/DLH