FNUS73 KDLH 071832
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR EMPTY POCKET 2...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
132 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 CDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WEAK COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WITH LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF THE PRESCRIBED BURN
SITE. SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS BY THE LATE AFTERNOON AROUND THE BURN SITE WITH UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. TEMPS WILL DROP AS THE WEAK COLD FRONT
AND SHOWERS APPROACH FROM THE WEST. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN
BEHIND THE FRONT AND ALLOW SKIES TO CLEAR OUT LATE TONIGHT. COOL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE
LOWER 30S. SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST
THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY TO THE WEST BY LATE TONIGHT. GUSTY
WINDS TODAY WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY TONIGHT...BUT BEGIN TO INCREASE
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING ONCE AGAIN.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
                    THE EARLY EVENING. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 12
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO
                    1900 FT AGL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (106400) THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............59     54     50
RH..............31     39     49
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7      10     10
20 FT WIND GUST.12     14     19

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY IN THE LATE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLEAR. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (65400) DECREASING TO POOR (5200) IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEN
                    INCREASING TO POOR (7600) LATE.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............48     45     42     40     37     35
RH..............58     63     65     66     69     69
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      W      W      W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..10     11     9      7      6      7
20 FT WIND GUST.18     21     13     9      8      11

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FORECASTER...BRIAN
REQUESTED BY...STEVE RADAJ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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