FNUS73 KDLH 202044
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAGAMI WILDFIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
344 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1533 CDT ON OCTOBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT.
SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR WITH WIND DECREASING. A QUICK MOVING
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH
INCREASING CLOUDS WILL OCCUR...LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM WEST TO SOUTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING
AND CONTINUE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINDSHIFT TO NORTHWEST WILL OCCUR
EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN BRIEFLY SATURDAY
BEFORE A MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES SATURDAY NIGHT.
RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO
SUNDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-27.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1350).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............37     33     30     29     28     26
RH..............61     69     78     78     81     85
20 FT WIND DIR..N      N      N      N      NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3      2      1      1      0      0
20 FT WIND GUST.5

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2700 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800) INCREASING TO FAIR (14000) LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO GOOD (51200)
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD
                    (30800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............25     30     40     49     52     51
RH..............88     75     57     44     41     44
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      W      SW     SW     W
20 FT WIND SPD..0      2      5      5      5      4
20 FT WIND GUST.              8      9      9      7

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FORECASTER...DECLAN
REQUESTED BY...MIKE LOCKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111020.PAGAM.02/DLH