FNUS73 KDLH 282058
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SPOT FORECAST FOR PORTAGE LAKE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
358 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1542 CDT ON MARCH 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING
WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. AFTER PARTIAL CLEARING
LATER TONIGHT...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BY MORNING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. ALTHOUGH
PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP BY NOON...IT IS MOST LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT...ENDING BY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAL AVERAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN
A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44900) DECREASING TO GOOD (38400) LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............43     43
RH..............70     67
20 FT WIND DIR..N      N
20 FT WIND SPD..5      4
20 FT WIND GUST.10     7

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 3 TO 4 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6
                    MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11800) DECREASING TO POOR (1450) IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............42     38     35     32     30     28
RH..............66     67     72     81     88     96
20 FT WIND DIR..N      NE     NE     E      E      SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4      3      2      2      3      5
20 FT WIND GUST.5                                  6

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8300) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (66300).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............29     36     42     43     44     41
RH..............92     72     57     57     57     65
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6      7      9      10     10     10
20 FT WIND GUST.8      13     14     16     16     16

$$
FORECASTER...DECLAN
REQUESTED BY...RYAN KINGSLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120328.PORTA.01/DLH