FNUS73 KDLH 081252 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTZONEIA...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 752 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0727 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT FLAG ISLAND AND ROSSEAU. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO GO THROUGH THE BURNSITE BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. SHOWERS WERE JUST NORTH OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS...AND THEY WILL BE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS 10 AM. MOST OF THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN LIMITING THE RAINFALL TO LESS THAN 0.15 INCHES. THERE COULD BE A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. IT SHOULD DRY OUT TONIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER SUNDAY...BUT HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE LOWER. THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL KEEP MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 50 TO 60 PERCENT TODAY...WITH THEM DROPPING TO 40 TO 45 PERCENT SUNDAY...AND TO 30 TO 40 PERCENT MONDAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY COULD APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES...WITH THE LOWER HUMIDITY VALUES...TEMPERATURES AROUND 70...AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........THICKENING CLOUDS. A FEW SHOWERS BY 10 AM...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........50 TO 60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH. WIND INCREASING TO 9 TO 13 MPH AND BECOMING NORTHWEST BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 23 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6200) INCREASING TO GOOD (53400). TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............48 53 57 55 56 56 RH..............93 74 60 59 59 60 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W-SW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD.. 6 8 9 9 12 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 13 13 14 21 23 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35700) DECREASING TO POOR (3600). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............55 53 51 49 48 47 RH..............74 77 77 77 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 6 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.14 10 7 6 5 5 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15700) INCREASING TO GOOD (47200) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62800) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (45800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............47 52 57 60 64 64 RH..............79 74 62 51 43 43 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 6 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 7 10 10 9 $$ FORECASTER...DEAN M. REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120908.WESTZ.01/DLH