FNUS73 KDLH 111521 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR RILEY LAKE SE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1021 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON JULY 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WITH LOCAL GUSTS OF 19 TO 24 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOW 70S IN THE AFTERNOON... THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD DROP INTO THE 25 TO 3O PERCENT RANGE. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. .TODAY... SKY / WEATHER.......PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO 15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7600 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44300) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (194600) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............69 72 73 73 RH..............38 31 27 28 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..11 14 14 10 20 FT WIND GUST.18 24 23 18 .TONIGHT... SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 350 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (82800) DECREASING TO POOR (950) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............73 63 56 52 49 46 RH..............28 41 57 69 80 89 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 6 5 3 2 1 20 FT WIND GUST.16 8 6 $$ FORECASTER...DECLAN REQUESTED BY...STEVE RADAJ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090711.RILEY.01/DLH