FNUS73 KDLH 202009
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEER 9...USFS SUPERIOR NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
309 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1453 CDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COMPLEX WIND SITUATION AT THE MOMENT. A WEAK COLD
FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WITH A LIGHT NORTH WIND. AFTER THE
FRONT PASSES...THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND MAY BECOME
GUSTY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...TO 20 MPH. ALSO...A LAKE BREEZE IS
DEVELOPING AND CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM SILVER BAY TO NEAR DULUTH.
BEHIND THE LAKE BREEZE...THE WIND IS EASTERLY AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
DIFFICULT TO TIME THE LAKE BREEZE AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT AT THE
FIRE AT THIS TIME AS IT IS JUST FORMING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FEATURES HAS LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF SOME CLOUDS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH BECOMING EAST AROUND 7
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9050 FT AGL DECREASING TO 6400 FT AGL EARLY.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (62400).

TIME (CDT)      4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............69     66
RH..............17     18
20 FT WIND DIR..N      E
20 FT WIND SPD..5      6
20 FT WIND GUST.7      10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 9
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16100).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............63     52     45     40     37     34
RH..............21     31     40     48     52     56
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      E      NE     E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..6      6      5      4      5      7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     6      5      7      12

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FORECASTER...GREG
REQUESTED BY...JEN GUITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100420.DEER9.01/DLH