FNUS73 KDLH 181455 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR DOROTHY LAKE...USFS SUPERIOR NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 955 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST OR SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EAST THROUGH ALL OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING BEFORE INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH...AND GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE LOW ONCE AGAIN TODAY...WITH RH VALUES DIPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WILL STREAM IN ALOFT THIS MORNING FROM THE EAST...WITH A FEW MORE HIGH CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL HINDER AMOUNT OF HEATING SLIGHTLY...BUT HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES...WHICH SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69. MIN HUMIDITY........17-21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON... DECREASING TO 3500 IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (19900) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (80600) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM TEMP............64 65 66 66 67 66 65 64 RH..............20 20 19 19 18 17 18 20 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 11 12 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST.12 15 16 17 18 20 20 18 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 4 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL IN THE EARLY EVENING...DECREASING TO 1250 FT AGL BY MIDNIGHT...THEN TO 500 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11900). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............58 55 49 46 43 42 RH..............25 38 56 73 86 89 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 7 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.17 15 13 6 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...BRIAN REQUESTED BY...KEN GUITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110518.DOROT.01/DLH