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SPOT FORECAST FOR DAY LAKE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
951 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A LARGE SWATH OF CLOUSD AND RAIN...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS...WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST OVER THE BURN SITE
THROUGH 11 AM. THE RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF A WEAK SURFACE
TROUGH THAT WILL TRACK EAST OVER THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT AND
INTO WISCONSIN ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TODAY
AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY AROUND 5 MPH.

RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. AMOUNTS TODAY WILL RANGING FROM A
THIRD TO A HALF INCH...WITH ANOTHER TENTH OR TWO POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 3
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5850 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (31100) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (71400) IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............66     69     71     72     71
RH..............73     66     63     61     63
20 FT WIND DIR..S      SW     SW     S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5      5      4      3
20 FT WIND GUST.7      6      6      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50
                    PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8500).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............70     63     58     56     54     53
RH..............66     81     96     100    100    100
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..3      2      2      2      2      2
20 FT WIND GUST.

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FORECASTER...AMANDA
REQUESTED BY...STEVE RADAJ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090721.DAYLA.01/DLH