FNUS73 KDLH 070847 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR DISAPPOINTMENT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 347 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0335 CDT ON OCTOBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WARM ADVECTION MID-CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THIS AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. COLD AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CLING TO THE SURFACE...SO WE DEPRESSED TEMPERATURES AND BACKED OFF ON THE WINDS A LITTLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING FIRE DANGER SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER THE AIR IS VERY DRY...SO RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOWER THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD IN THIS PATTERN. ONSET OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A CLIPPER WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING OR MONDAY AFTERNOON...AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 13 MPH...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10800) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (83900) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (170800) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (120400) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 6300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM TEMP............28 30 31 32 36 39 42 44 45 45 44 43 RH..............85 81 72 63 54 48 43 41 40 41 43 45 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 7 9 11 12 13 13 12 11 10 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST.6 8 13 16 18 21 21 18 16 14 13 8 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND FLURRIES IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-34. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (64700) DECREASING TO POOR (1500). MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 350 FT AGL. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............40 37 35 34 34 33 RH..............52 59 66 69 72 75 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 4 3 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 .COLUMBUS DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46. MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2500) INCREASING TO GOOD (35700) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (85800) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO FAIR (27200) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............32 35 39 42 44 43 RH..............81 72 64 62 62 70 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 6 6 6 5 $$ FORECASTER...PETER REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121007.DISAP.01/DLH