FNUS73 KDLH 041824
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR MERRITT LAKE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
124 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1255 CDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND
STORMS DEVELOPING. SHOWERS AND STORM WILL PREVAIL INTO EARLY
EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY GENERATE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINFALL. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD TURN SOUTHEAST VERY SOON
AND THEN BECOME ERRATIC IN DIRECTION AND SPEED AS STORMS MOVE INTO
THE AREA.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS STRONG OR SEVERE.
                    CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3600 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (72400) DECREASING TO GOOD (59200)
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............89     87     82
RH..............51     47     55
20 FT WIND DIR..SW     SE     S
20 FT WIND SPD..9      8      6
20 FT WIND GUST.13     10     7

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 650 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO
                    1300 FT AGL LATE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING WEST LATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (25100) DECREASING TO POOR (10400) LATE IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO POOR (4900)
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT INCREASING TO FAIR (15900) LATE.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............75     73     73     71     69     68
RH..............70     74     76     73     76     78
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      SW     W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..5      6      7      5      3      1
20 FT WIND GUST.6      7      8      6

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 8 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5150 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (42500) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (102800).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............69     75     81     85     87     86
RH..............76     62     51     42     41     39
20 FT WIND DIR..NW     NW     NW     W      W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..2      4      7      9      9      8
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      8      13     13     10

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FORECASTER...DECLAN
REQUESTED BY...PATTY JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.MERRI.01/DLH