FNUS73 KDLH 241629
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR LANGLY BURN UNITS...USFS SUPERIOR NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1129 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1115 CDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
WILL BRING RAIN SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. RAIN
CHANCES TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL BE NEAR ZERO. AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE WILL
BE WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. EXPECT LESS THAN 50 PERCENT CHANCE
OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION BEFORE 3 AM TONIGHT...WITH CHANCES
INCREASING AROUND 60 TO 70 PERCENT BY 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
BEST CHANCE...POSSIBLY ABOVE 70 PERCENT...WILL BE IN THE MID
MORNING BEFORE 12 NOON WEDNESDAY. RAIN CHANCES DECREASE TO AROUND
50 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DETERMINE DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THESE RAIN SHOWERS AND
STORMS. THE GENERAL RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE FROM 0.1 TO 0.2
INCH OF RAIN...WITH ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF PRECIP IF A CONVECTIVE
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS OVER THE BURN SITE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THE DIMINISHING TO 3 TO 5 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............62     64     66     65
RH..............27     25     23     24
20 FT WIND DIR..N      N      NE     NE
20 FT WIND SPD..7      8      7      4
20 FT WIND GUST.8      10     9

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    LATE IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 40 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO
                    8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............60     56     42     40     38     37
RH..............33     49     60     64     73     79
20 FT WIND DIR..NE     E      E      SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5      5      4      4      7
20 FT WIND GUST.6      6      6      5      5      9

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14
                    MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST EARLY IN THE EVENING.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............38     45     50     52     54     53
RH..............79     62     56     54     52     54
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      E      SE     E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..9      9      8      7      8      7
20 FT WIND GUST.13     13     10     8      10     8

$$
FORECASTER...BRIAN
REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS DURKIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.LANGL.01/DLH