FNUS73 KDLH 041657
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR VILLAGE RX BOIS FORTE...MN-BFA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1157 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1630 CDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
VERY DRY HUDSON BAY HIGH IS BUILDING INTO THE LAKE SUPERIOR BASIN.
THE DRY AIR IS ALLOWING TEMPERATURES OF AREAS...NOT RIGHT ON
SHORELINES...TO RISE RAPIDLY. THIS LOCATION IS SURROUNDED BY NETT
LAKE AND THE WATER IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPERATURES DEPRESSED
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HIGHER. THE SAME BASIC WEATHER PATTERN...
WITH COMPLETELY CLEAR SKIES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY. RAPID COOLING
THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IN A STRONG TEMPERATURE INVERSION AND
POOR SMOKE DISPERSION TONIGHT. A SLIGHTLY GREATER PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN MORE WINDS THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING EAST 4 TO
                    6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600) INCREASING TO FAIR (29900).

TIME (CDT)      4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............58     55
RH..............27     29
20 FT WIND DIR..NE     NE
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5
20 FT WIND GUST.7      6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-27.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (19700) DECREASING TO POOR (4000).

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............52     43     37     33     29     27
RH..............32     45     56     66     81     88
20 FT WIND DIR..NE     E      E      E      E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..5      4      4      3      3      3
20 FT WIND GUST.6      5      5

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5250 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9500) INCREASING TO GOOD (32400) IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............25     33     43     50     54     54
RH..............96     66     41     29     26     27
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3      4      5      6      6      6
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      7      8      8      8

$$
FORECASTER...PETER
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS COX
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120404.VILLA.01/DLH