FNUS73 KDLH 121404 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR BOY RIVER RX...CHIPPEWA NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 904 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT CLOUDS TO THICKEN THROUGH THE DAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY...BUT WILL START TO VEER TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM. BY 9 PM...THE WINDS SHOULD BE NORTHWEST...ALTHOUGH SPEEDS WILL NOT INCREASE MUCH BEHIND THE FRONT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SOME MIXING. SOME SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 12 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING. MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7200) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62300) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (160950) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (106100) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............48 55 63 63 61 RH..............53 39 28 29 30 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 11 14 12 9 20 FT WIND GUST.12 18 23 20 15 $$ FORECASTER...DEAN M. REQUESTED BY...GARY ROERICK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110412.BOYRI.01/DLH