FNUS73 KDLH 201509
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEEDS DAWKINS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1009 AM CDT WED OCT 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON OCTOBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. AS MIXING LAYER DEEPENS EXPECT
DRIER AIR ALOFT TO LOWER DEWPOINTS TODAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY SHOULD BOTTOM OUT NEAR 50 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WILL
NEED TO MONITOR POTENTIAL FOR ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AS THIS MAY CAUSE ABRUPT AND TEMPORARY SHIFTS IN WIND DIRECTION
AND SPEED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH INCREASING TO
                    NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 18 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 13 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4050 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 35 TO 40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (58200) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (180100)
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (100200) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............42     45     43     39     38
RH..............65     51     53     64     62
20 FT WIND DIR..W      NW     NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..12     15     17     18     12
20 FT WIND GUST.20     24     26     29     20

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO
                    6 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2400 FT AGL LATE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (78300).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............37     37     34     31     30     29
RH..............61     70     82     88     85     85
20 FT WIND DIR..NW     NW     NW     NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9      6      5      5      5      5
20 FT WIND GUST.15     8      7      7      6      6

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FORECASTER...DECLAN
REQUESTED BY...SOLUM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101020.MEEDS.01/DLH