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SPOT FORECAST FOR CARIBOU HUNTER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1125 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF CLOUDS AND SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM CANADA THIS AFTERNOON...AFTER 200 PM.

WITH INCREASING CLOUDS DO NOT EXPECT MUCH MORE RISE IN TEMPERATURES.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 6300 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (39700) DECREASING TO FAIR (15200).

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............51     49     51     49
RH..............37     40     36     36
20 FT WIND DIR..NE     NE     E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..4      4      4      3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7400) DECREASING TO POOR (1550) AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............41     36     33     30     29     28
RH..............48     59     69     78     78     78
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      E      E      E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..3      3      3      3      3      3
20 FT WIND GUST.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10700) INCREASING TO GOOD (34400) LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO GOOD (40200)
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD
                    (34400) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............27     32     36     39     41     41
RH..............81     69     61     57     50     50
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      E      SE     E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..4      5      5      6      6      6
20 FT WIND GUST.5      6      7      8      8      8

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FORECASTER...CAROL
REQUESTED BY...RICH KUJALA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120420.CARIB.01/DLH