FNUS73 KDLH 191619 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR MISS COUNTY 9...USFS SUPERIOR NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1119 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MID LEVEL CLOUDS AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 20 MPH. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 35 PERCENT IN THE MID AFTERNOON. AN EXTENSIVE LOWER CLOUD DECK ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND MAY CLIP THE PRESCRIBED BURN LOCATION. IF THIS OCCURS IT SHOULD BE AROUND 3 PM AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY BE A LITTLE HIGHER...IN THE LOWER 40S PERCENT. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59. MIN HUMIDITY........32 TO 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3050 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35400) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (91300) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............51 56 57 53 RH..............54 41 37 39 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 11 12 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 18 20 16 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......350 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4650). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............49 45 43 41 40 39 RH..............42 49 53 59 70 76 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 9 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 14 15 15 16 $$ FORECASTER...KEVIN REQUESTED BY...CHIPP TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101019.MISSC.01/DLH