FNUS73 KDLH 141604
FWSDLH

SPOT FORECAST FOR GUNFLINT CCC...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1104 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS AND PASSING SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE
BURN SITE BY 1PM. DECREASING CLOUDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON WITH
TEMPERATURES RISING TO UPPER 5OS OR LOW 60S. RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY
END UP LOWER THAN FORECAST IF SURFACE TEMPS WARM MORE THAN
EXPECTED. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME EXPECT ENOUGH MARINE AIR TO PUSH
INLAND TO MAINTAIN A LIMIT ON EXCESSIVE HEATING. WINDS WILL
TRANSITION TO SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO ABOUT 10 MPH BY MID
AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. RAIN
                    SHOWERS POSSIBLE AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT THIS MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 9 TO
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1350 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7500) INCREASING TO FAIR (22200).

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
TEMP............53     56     59     59
RH..............52     48     39     38
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     ESE    SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3      5      9      10
20 FT WIND GUST.       6      13     16

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FORECASTER...DECLAN
REQUESTED BY...KEN GUITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130514.GUNFL.01/DLH