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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST 6 MILE 5 22...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1037 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1128 CDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DEEP LOW PRESURE OVER THE MONTANA BORDER AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER
THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM AND HUMID AIR INTO THE
LEECH LAKE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL NOT GET MUCH BELOW 50 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN NUMBER THIS EVENING. RAIN AND THUNDER
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO
                    17 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1350 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3650 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 35 TO 40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (136100).

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............68     73     76     75
RH..............57     51     48     52
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..11     14     15     14
20 FT WIND GUST.18     24     25     24

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 9
                    TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3150 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (108800) DECREASING TO POOR (11500)
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............74     69     66     64     63     62
RH..............55     66     75     81     87     90
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..14     11     10     8      8      8
20 FT WIND GUST.21     18     16     14     14     14

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1450 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (72700).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............63     70     75     79     81     80
RH..............90     71     62     52     46     44
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      SW     SW     SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8      7      7      8      7      7
20 FT WIND GUST.14     12     12     14     12     12

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FORECASTER...PETER
REQUESTED BY...PATTI DESHAW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100522.WEST6.01/DLH