FNUS73 KDLH 291331
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR 18 MILE RX...USFS CHIPPEWA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
831 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...
MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. LAPSE
RATES INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND PERSIST IN THE EVENING HOURS AS THE COLD FRONT
CROSSES THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR THUNDER
IN THE BURN AREA WILL BE BETWEEN 1600 AND 2200 TODAY.

LIGHT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH OUT OF THE WEST BY
IGNITION TIME. A FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 1400. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...THEN
SWITCHING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 0400 AND
0700 SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY / WEATHER.......INCREASING CLOUDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9050 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (74000) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (181100) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............57     62     66     65
RH..............42     35     30     33
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..5      8      10     9
20 FT WIND GUST.6      10     15     14

.TONIGHT...

SKY / WEATHER.......PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 450 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (127000) DECREASING TO POOR (8200) IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............62     54     49     45     43     41
RH..............38     53     67     79     85     88
20 FT WIND DIR..W      SW     SW     SW     W      NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8      7      6      5      7      9
20 FT WIND GUST.14     11     9      7      8      15

.SATURDAY...

SKY / WEATHER.......PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 17 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8050 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 35 TO 40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (60200) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (291700).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............40     47     54     59     63     64
RH..............85     58     39     29     23     21
20 FT WIND DIR..NW     NW     NW     NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..11     14     16     18     18     17
20 FT WIND GUST.18     22     26     29     29     26

$$
FORECASTER...AMANDA
REQUESTED BY...KEN GUITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090529.18MIL.01/DLH