FNUS73 KDLH 091253 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTZONEIA...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 753 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0730 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... TODAY: HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY. THERE WILL BE SOME FOG EARLY...AND STRATUS CLOUDS...BUT THEY WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...FROM 4 TO 9 MPH...WINDS WILL BACK TO WESTERLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 35 TO 40 PERCENT. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE FROM 60 TO 65. TONIGHT: LIGHT WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...WITH MAX HUMIDITY VALUES 90 TO 100 PERCENT. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. MONDAY: POTENTIAL CLOUD COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE FORECAST MONDAY. THERE SHOULD BE SOME HIGH CLOUDS THAT MOVE IN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND OVER THE AREA MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS TO BE THIN ENOUGH TO ALLOW DECENT MIXING...LEADING TO MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES FROM 32 TO 37 PERCENT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR...FROM 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY...INCREASING TO 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL REACH 72 DEGREES. TUESDAY: CLOUDS WILL INCREASE A BIT MORE TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...ALLOWING GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS TO OCCUR. WINDS LOOK TO BE LIGHTER THAN MONDAY...AND BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE FROM 35 TO 40 PERCENT. HIGHS WILL REACH NEAR 80. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY: THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING...ROUGHLY BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM. A PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY FRONTAL PASSAGE. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS COOLING TO 68 TO 72. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 30 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH...AND BACK TO WEST BY AFTERNOON FROM 5 TO 10 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6900) INCREASING TO FAIR (29000) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO GOOD (44300) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO FAIR (22200) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............45 50 55 60 63 63 RH..............96 81 66 51 39 39 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 8 9 12 11 8 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1150). TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............59 54 49 45 43 42 RH..............49 59 68 82 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..W S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 26 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9700) INCREASING TO GOOD (45800) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (77500) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (53800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............43 55 66 71 72 72 RH..............93 66 47 36 34 35 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 7 10 12 16 16 20 FT WIND GUST.5 8 14 22 28 26 $$ FORECASTER...DEAN M. REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120909.WESTZ.01/DLH