FNUS73 KDLH 131232 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTZONEIA...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 732 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0656 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... TODAY: ANOTHER DRY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION...ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL BE COOLER...RESULTING IN HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THAN YESTERDAY. EXPECTING THE MINIMUM RH TO FALL AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IF THERE IS MORE SUN THEN EXPECTED AND TEMPERATURES ARE ABLE TO WARM A FEW EXTRA DEGREES...THE RH COULD BE LOWER. IN ADDITION...SOME GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS WE MIX DOWN DRIER AIR ONCE AGAIN. PEAK GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE MAY BE A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER ACROSS THE REGION. PLENTY OF SUN AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING A WARMING TREND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ON FRIDAY...BUT HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE LOW ONCE AGAIN WITH MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT. SATURDAY COULD BE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH...BECOMING GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 70S WITH RH VALUES IN THE LOW 20S...TO POSSIBLY TEENS. SUNDAY: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS OVER THE BWCAW REGION MID-DAY SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST...AND QUICKLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A RAIN SHOWER...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16400) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (81600) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (143600) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (115300) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............49 53 57 59 58 RH..............63 50 41 38 42 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 10 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.9 15 17 18 17 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FROST. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 4 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......350 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6200) DECREASING TO POOR (1450) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............54 49 44 41 38 35 RH..............54 66 76 82 85 89 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 6 4 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 8 6 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTS TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9200) INCREASING TO GOOD (45500) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (77800) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO GOOD (45200) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............35 46 56 62 64 63 RH..............82 55 40 32 30 31 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 6 6 7 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 8 11 12 8 $$ FORECASTER...AMANDA REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120913.WESTZ.01/DLH