FNUS73 KDLH 031516
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR KNUCKY 4...USFS SUPERIOR NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1016 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1025 CDT ON JUNE 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN AREA TODAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN
OVER THE MIDWEST. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME WEST AND
STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY BY MIDDAY...AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH MOVES TO
OUR SOUTH. MIXING HEIGHTS AND SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE EXCELLENT
ONCE THE MORNING INVERSION IS ERODED.


.TODAY...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 4 TO 8 MPH...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 8 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7950 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10500) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (131000).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............46     56     62     66     65
RH..............60     40     30     27     28
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      W      W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5      7      8      7
20 FT WIND GUST.6      7      12     14     12

.TONIGHT...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 4
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 350 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (67200) DECREASING TO POOR (1200) IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............63     56     50     46     41     39
RH..............31     42     54     65     79     89
20 FT WIND DIR..W      SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6      5      3      2      2      3
20 FT WIND GUST.8      6

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FORECASTER...MIKE
REQUESTED BY...KEN GUITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090603.KNUCK.01/DLH