FNUS73 KDLH 271552 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR RITCHEY LAKE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1052 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE BURN SITE WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO LAKE SUPERIOR TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE LAKE BREEZE...ESPECIALLY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE LAKE BREEZE WOULD PROVIDE GUSTY WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH...THEN 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO 17 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 3100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (AROUND 30000). TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............44 44 43 41 RH..............22 19 25 27 20 FT WIND DIR..E ESE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 9 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.7 14 17 17 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30. MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 550 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (22700) DECREASING TO POOR (9650) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO POOR (12000) LATE. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............39 32 29 29 28 28 RH..............27 38 49 54 61 64 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 9 9 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 18 17 16 17 18 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (33300) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (75200) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (85500) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (56800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............30 38 43 45 47 47 RH..............59 41 31 26 23 23 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..11 12 13 13 12 11 20 FT WIND GUST.20 22 23 23 22 20 $$ FORECASTER...DEAN M. REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120427.RITCH.01/DLH