FNUS73 KDLH 201305 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR MOQUAH H...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 805 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MAY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES LATER TONIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY...AND MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND FROM THE EAST IN THE MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AND INCREASING AFTER 1200 CDT. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE INCREASING AS WELL AFTER 1200 CDT. THE MAIN BATCH OF RAIN WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A ISOLATED SHOWER AFTER 1600 CDT THIS AFTERNOON. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO PUT IN THE FORECAST...SO WILL JUST MENTION THE VERY SLIGHT CHANCE HERE. MIGHT HAVE TO UPDATE THE SPOT LATER TODAY...PLEASE CALL IF THE FORECAST IS UNREPRESENTATIVE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-71. MIN HUMIDITY........50-56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS FROM THE EAST...INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN BECOMING EAST NORTHEAST 9 TO 13 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE EARLY MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1300 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (25100). TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............59 63 68 70 64 RH..............82 71 64 55 60 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 10 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.8 14 17 21 21 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY OF FOG THROUGH THE NIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 350 FT AGL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5300). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............60 56 54 52 52 51 RH..............63 77 86 86 89 86 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..11 9 7 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 16 13 8 8 8 $$ FORECASTER...BRIAN REQUESTED BY...STEVE RADAJ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110520.MOQUA.01/DLH