FNUS73 KDLH 161442
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR KEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
942 AM CDT SAT OCT 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0920 CDT ON OCTOBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH CLOUDS ALOFT WILL CLEAR BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS A WEAK...DRY
MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVES FURTHER TO THE EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE
BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS. EVEN DRIER AIR WILL
ADVECT INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA BEHIND THIS FRONT TODAY BRINGING
AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES DOWN INTO THE UPPER 20 AND LOWER 30
PERCENT RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE...BUT
VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S. EXPECT 20
FOOT WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AROUND 8 TO 10 MPH THIS
MORNING. THEN VEERING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING
SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO AROUND 15 MPH...AND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
TONIGHT SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS. THIS
WILL CAUSE THE TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S AND RH
VALUES TO RECOVER INTO THE 80 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL ALSO
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS THIS
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 14 TO
                    17 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 22 TO
                    28 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 6000 FT
                    AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO
                    2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 32 TO 37 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24300) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (136900)
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............49     52     55     57     54
RH..............58     50     39     30     33
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8      10     12     14     11
20 FT WIND GUST.12     16     20     23     20

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......350 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4250).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............45     40     37     34     33     31
RH..............41     50     57     69     77     85
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      W      W      W      NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10     9      7      6      6      6
20 FT WIND GUST.16     15     12     8      8      8

$$
FORECASTER...BRIAN
REQUESTED BY...BURN BOSS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101016.KEK__.01/DLH