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SPOT FORECAST FOR DUMDELAY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
955 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 CDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES AND DEEPENING LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS IS RESULTING IN A MOIST
SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD. DEW POINTS WILL BE ON THE
RISE...PREVENTING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 40 EVEN THOUGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S MOST INLAND AREAS AND IN THE UPPER
60S ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL
PREVAIL TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. WARM MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
FLOW NORTHWARD INTO THE BURN AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 11
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (57300).

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............57     63     68     71     70
RH..............69     52     45     41     44
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     E
20 FT WIND SPD..4      5      7      9      9
20 FT WIND GUST.5      7      13     16     16

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO
                    6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1950 FT AGL DECREASING TO 550 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6500).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............68     62     57     54     52     51
RH..............47     58     69     80     93     100
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      E      E      SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..10     8      6      5      5      4
20 FT WIND GUST.16     14     8      6      6      5

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50
                    PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1150 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (72100).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............53     62     69     74     77     76
RH..............100    81     68     59     54     56
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..5      6      7      6      6      6
20 FT WIND GUST.6      8      12     8      8      8

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FORECASTER...PETER
REQUESTED BY...PATTI DESHAW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100522.DUMDE.01/DLH