FNUS73 KDLH 291441 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR 155 RX...USFS CHIPPEWA NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 941 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A BAND OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL SOUTH/SOUTHEAST TRACK OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE BURN AREA OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY MORNING. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BURN AREA WILL BE BETWEEN 1600 AND 2200 TODAY. VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY ANY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH 1200. OTHERWISE...LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN VEER WEST THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH...INCREASING 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. .TODAY... SKY / WEATHER.......PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (27500) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (212800). TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............60 63 68 68 RH..............33 28 30 32 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 7 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 7 12 13 .TONIGHT... SKY / WEATHER.......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 350 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (108900) DECREASING TO POOR (5900) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............65 56 51 48 45 43 RH..............37 54 68 77 85 88 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 8 8 10 10 10 .SATURDAY... SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 19 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (53300) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (203400) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............42 48 54 59 62 63 RH..............85 60 42 32 28 27 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 12 15 17 16 20 FT WIND GUST.12 16 20 24 26 25 $$ FORECASTER...AMANDA REQUESTED BY...KEN GUITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090529.155RX.01/DLH