FNUS73 KDLH 161527 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR GERMANN ROAD FIRE...WI DNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1027 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WESTERN ONTARIO WILL PROMOTE DRY HUMIDITY FOR THE GERMANN ROAD WILDFIRE AREA TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 70S THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LOWERING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE 10 TO 12 MPH RANGE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 6500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (38000) INCREASING TO GOOD (54600) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (46300) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............65 69 71 71 68 RH..............35 31 28 27 29 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 12 12 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 4 MPH LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (19600) DECREASING TO POOR (1600) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............65 55 48 45 42 41 RH..............33 47 60 68 82 89 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 8 7 5 $$ FORECASTER...GEOFF REQUESTED BY...LARRY GLODOSKI TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130516.GERMA.01/DLH