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FNUS73 KDLH 151231
FWSDLH
SPOT FORECAST FOR LOON...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
731 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 CDT ON JUNE 15.
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
SOME SHOWERS PASSING THROUGH IN THE VICINITY AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE
FIRE AREA FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES EARLY THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE,
EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH THE BEST
COVERAGE IN THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STRONG OR
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED, THOUGH SOME ERRATIC GUSTS TO 30
MPH COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
FAIRLY SPOTTY OF 0.05-0.2", BUT SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF 0.25" CANNOT BE RULED OUT IF STORMS MOVE IMMEDIATELY OVER THE
FIRE SITE. DAYTIME WESTERLY WINDS OF 6-10 MPH GUST TO 15-20 MPH
TODAY, WEAKENING THIS EVENING AND BECOMING VERY LIGHT OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST TONIGHT. MIN RH DIPS TO BETWEEN 40-45% THIS AFTERNOON
WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AROUND 74 DEGREES. RH RECOVERS ABOVE 90%
TONIGHT.
TUESDAY WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING, WITH A MIX OF CLOUDS
AND SUN IN THE AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. A FORECAST
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 66 DEGREES EXPECTED WITH MIN RH OF
AROUND 40% AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 10-15 MPH DURING THE MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600 FT AGL LATE IN
THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 4700 FT AGL
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (23100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (51900
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (82400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
MORNING INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (110900-137900
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
EXCELLENT (79100 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO GOOD
(49300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 60
TEMP............58 63 67 69 70 69 72 70 69
RH..............67 58 52 45 44 45 43 46 49
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 8 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 18 18 18 18 18 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 3.2 4.8 6.6 5.5 4.6 4.7 3.3 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 18 20 24 23 21 20 18 16
SDSPL KT-FT/100023 52 82 138 111 83 79 52 49
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14800-27800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(2300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.15 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC PC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 30 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............68 66 62 58 55 53 52 51 49 47 47 45
RH..............53 56 65 77 83 86 86 86 86 93 89 96
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W SW W NW N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW W W W W N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
SDSPL KT-FT/100028 15 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 14
TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3100-13600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
GOOD (30300-45700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (73100-96600
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO GOOD
(54600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC MCR PC PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 48 51 55 58 60 61 61 62 63 64 65
RH..............89 89 80 69 57 53 50 48 46 43 41 40
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.7 1.7 3.0 4.2 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.2 6.4 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NW NW NW NW NW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 17 16 17 14
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 5 14 30 46 78 79 93 83 73 97 55
FORECASTER...CORY
REQUESTED BY...DAVE SZALLAI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615508.0/DLH
.DELDT 06/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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