FNUS73 KDLH 261955 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR PAGAMI WILDFIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 255 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1451 CDT ON OCTOBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...RELATIVELY COOL AND MOIST WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SITE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY WITH A RAIN SNOW MIX OR ALL SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTIVE WEATHER ON SATURDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE NORTHLAND. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL RETURN BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 40S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S AND LOWER 30S. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-31. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (18600) DECREASING TO POOR (600) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............37 34 33 31 31 30 RH..............75 78 78 81 81 81 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42. MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6200) INCREASING TO GOOD (33600) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (71600) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (49300) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............29 30 34 38 40 39 RH..............85 88 78 64 57 59 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 6 9 9 5 .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-27. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............34 31 29 28 27 26 RH..............69 77 81 85 86 91 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100) INCREASING TO GOOD (39400) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (117700) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (68100) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............25 27 33 39 42 41 RH..............96 93 76 64 58 60 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 2 20 FT WIND GUST. $$ FORECASTER...DECLAN REQUESTED BY...MIKE LOCKE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111026.PAGAM.02/DLH