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SPOT FORECAST FOR 9 MILES FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
220 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1425 CDT ON OCTOBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS NOW CLEARING THE WESTERN
THIRD OF MINNESOTA. IT WILL REMAIN GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED
PRECIPITATION ONCE THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES TOWARD 7 PM. SOME
SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS LATER IN THE NIGHT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT...WHICH OCCURRED LATE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (61200) DECREASING TO GOOD (39400)
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............42     41     40
RH..............60     64     70
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..5      7      8
20 FT WIND GUST.8     11     11

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING WEST 8 TO
                    11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......950 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1700 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT...THEN DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL LATE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14000) INCREASING TO FAIR (23700) LATE IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO GOOD (44700)
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO POOR (9900) LATE.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............39     40     40     37     34     33
RH..............78     89     92     91     94     94
20 FT WIND DIR..S      W      W      W      W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..10     10     10     11     11     10
20 FT WIND GUST.14     14     15     16     16     15

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. A
                    CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    13 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2500 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (26300) INCREASING TO GOOD (42700) LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (39400)
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............33     36     39     40     40     37
RH..............89     77     66     60     61     67
20 FT WIND DIR..W      W      W      NW     W      W
20 FT WIND SPD..9      9      8      7      11     15
20 FT WIND GUST.13     13     10     8      16     23

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FORECASTER...DEAN P.
REQUESTED BY...JACKIE CONTRERAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121008.9MILE.01/DLH