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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOROTHY RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
633 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1840 CDT ON JUNE 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THROUGH 2000. OTHERWISE...LIGHT WINDS AROUND 5
MPH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THEN SOUTH
THROUGH THE NIGHT.

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND OVERNIGHT.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL SKIRT ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AROUND
DAYBREAK...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE BURN SITE.
CLOUDS AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH THROUGH SUNSET...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTH
                    4 TO 7 MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO
                    15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE
DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (103700) DECREASING TO POOR (2250).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
TEMP............62     54     48     44     42     41     43
RH..............46     50     57     66     68     62     64
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      SW     SW     SW     S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..8      7      4      3      4      4      6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     7      7      7      7      9

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 25
                    MPH AFTER 1100. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (37700) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (127000)
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (141400) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (122700) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............46     58     72     73     75     73
RH..............64     54     46     44     45     49
20 FT WIND DIR..S      SW     SW     S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..8      10     14     15     14     14
20 FT WIND GUST.15     18     21     22     20     22

$$
FORECASTER...AMANDA
REQUESTED BY...PATTY JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120612.DOROT.01/DLH