614  
FNUS73 KDLH 092115  
FWSDLH  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR NEWTON FIRE...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN  
415 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 CDT ON JULY 09.  
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST, OR IF  
CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH AT 218-729-0653.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY WITH A LIGHT NORTH WIND. AFTERNOON HIGH  
TEMPERATURE IN THE MID 80S, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 25%. SKIES  
STAY FAIRLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING CALM. RH RECOVERY  
SHOULD BE DECENT OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY, A SOUTHERLY BREEZE IS  
EXPECTED TO PICK UP AHEAD OF AN INCOMING COLD FRONT WITH SOUTH TO  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 7-9 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 15MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY, AND AN ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORM COULD BECOME STRONGER WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL  
HAIL. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT, LIKELY LESS THAN A  
TENTH OF AN INCH, UNLESS THE SITE GETS DIRECTLY HIT WITH A  
THUNDERSTORM, IN WHICH CASE UP TO A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN  
COULD BE POSSIBLE.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (41400 KNOT-FT).  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 5PM  
SKY COVER.......MCR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0  
TEMP............82  
RH..............28  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..3  
20 FT WIND GUST.7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...8.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6  
SDSPL KT-FT/100041  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.  
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO 8  
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (13800-31600 KNOT-FT) DECREASING  
TO POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............83 77 65 62 58 57  
RH..............25 36 65 72 83 83  
20 FT WIND......NE 3 E 1 S 1 S 1 S 1 S 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 5 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (FT)....7900 600 500 500 400 400  
TRANSPORT WIND..N 5 W 5 S 5 S 7 SW 8 S 8  
SDSPL KT-FT/100032 3 2 3 3 3  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.  
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL LATE IN  
THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN  
THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2300-10800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD TO  
EXCELLENT (43900-65500 KNOT-FT).  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC MCR PC PC  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10  
TEMP............57 60 64 71 76 80 82 84 84 85 86 85  
RH..............86 81 70 57 50 44 40 37 38 37 36 39  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 8 9 12 13 14 14 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.8 1.4 3.2 4.7 5.7 6.0 5.3 4.8 5.3 4.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW S SW SW SW SW SW W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13  
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 2 6 11 32 47 63 66 58 52 59 44  
 
 
FORECASTER...JONATHAN  
REQUESTED BY...NEWTON FIRE INCIDENT COMMANDER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2617005.2/DLH  
.DELDT 07/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MNMNCC_OPERATIONS@FIRENET.GOV  
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