FNUS73 KDLH 071325 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR 1006-1007...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 825 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EXPECT A WARM DAY WITH A MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 30 PERCENT IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. A LIGHT SOUTH WIND SHOULD TRANSITION TO A SOUTHWEST WIND BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON WITH AN ISOLATED SHOWER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. ANTICIPATE ABOUT 0.10" TO 0.25" OF RAINFALL WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7300) INCREASING TO GOOD (58900) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (100400) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (95300) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............65 69 70 70 69 RH..............54 44 36 30 35 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 6 8 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 7 11 13 12 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......350 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5300) DECREASING TO POOR (1800) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............67 61 55 50 46 46 RH..............39 56 74 89 100 100 20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 4 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 5 5 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 3 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 5700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1000) INCREASING TO GOOD (48500) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (39600) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO POOR (7600) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM TEMP............50 62 68 67 66 64 RH..............89 60 49 49 54 60 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W NW N 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 4 4 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 6 $$ FORECASTER...DECLAN REQUESTED BY...JESSICA OSSEFOORT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130507.FEDER.01/DLH