FNUS73 KDLH 061930 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR DISAPPOINTMENT...USFS SUPERIOR NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 230 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1341 CDT ON OCTOBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS WILL BE FOUND THIS EVENING ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY FALL AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER...LATE TONIGHT WINDS WILL TURN OUT OF THE SOUTH AS HIGH CLOUDS SPREAD OVER THE FIRE FROM THE WEST. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. GUSTS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 25 MPH AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER DISAPPOINTMENT LAKE DURING THE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING TIME FRAME. .LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1900...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR BY 2400. INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS AFTER 0300. MIN TEMPERATURE.....17-22. MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH UNTIL 1900...BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH...THEN SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36100) DECREASING TO POOR (1300). MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............30 27 23 22 20 20 RH..............64 69 74 89 94 95 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 2 4 20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 4 4 5 6 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MIN HUMIDITY........33 TO 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH...INCREASING 8 TO 12 MPH AFTER 1000...THEN WEST-SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH WEST GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1300. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (19400) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (163550). MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 8900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............20 30 39 44 46 45 RH..............94 63 46 39 38 41 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW WSW WSW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 6 9 12 13 10 20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 16 22 22 18 $$ FORECASTER...AMANDA REQUESTED BY...JEB BACKE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121006.DISAP.01/DLH