FNUS73 KDLH 080847 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR DISSAPOINTMENT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 347 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0339 CDT ON OCTOBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... VERY DRY AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LINGER IN THE MID 40S INTO THE EVENING. RAIN SPREADING TOWARD THE AREA WILL BE GREATLY DELAYED BY THE DRY AIR AND AMOUNTS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. ANY RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOAKING RAIN...FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE RIGHT ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER...AND REMAIN NORTH OF THE BURN AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4700) INCREASING TO GOOD (30600) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (69900) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO FAIR (23800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM TEMP............39 39 39 40 40 40 41 43 44 44 43 41 RH..............46 48 48 48 46 44 43 45 43 45 47 52 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (31100) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (70000) LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (65700) AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (62800) LATE. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............39 35 34 32 32 31 RH..............57 69 72 81 81 81 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 8 8 8 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-41. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 30 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (70100) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (97100). MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4450 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............30 32 35 38 39 38 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..8 11 11 11 15 16 20 FT WIND GUST.10 16 16 16 23 25 $$ FORECASTER...PETER REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121008.DISSA.01/DLH