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FNUS73 KDLH 061219
FWSDLH
SPOT FORECAST FOR SPIDER STEW PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
619 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0730 CST ON JANUARY 06.
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
LOW STRATUS WITH PATCHY FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THIS
MORNING. RELATIVELY LOW MIXING HEIGHTS UNDER THIS STRATUS UP TO 1600
FT AGL WILL LEAD TO POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING
AS WINDS ARE LIGHT. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
BECOME WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE THIS MORNING IN THE AFTERNOON,
STARTING AROUND 1100. THIS EVENING, WINDS BACK TO SOUTHWEST
AROUND 2100 AND WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST INTO WEDNESDAY.
WHEN IT COMES TO SOUTHERLY WINDS ON WEDNESDAY, THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS IS AROUND 15%, WITH A MUCH GREATER CHANCE FOR
WINDS TO REMAIN SOUTHWEST WITH SPEEDS OF 6 TO 8 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO
20 MPH. MIN RH TODAY WILL BE ELEVATED AT 81 PERCENT, SLIGHTLY
REDUCING TO 75 PERCENT TOMORROW AS SKIES BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE IN THE
MORNING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING
DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF DENSE
FOG AND DENSE FREEZING FOG IN THE MORNING, THEN
PATCHY FOG IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MIN HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 15 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1400-19500 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS CHC CHC CHC SCH PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FZF FZF FZD FZD FZD FZD FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 30 40 30 20 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............25 25 27 29 30 31 31 31 31 31 29
RH..............95 96 92 88 88 85 88 85 85 81 85
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 8 9 12 13 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 14 15 14
SDSPL KT-FT/10001 1 2 5 10 14 16 18 20 19 13
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 19.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6100 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............28 26 25 24 23 22 22 20 21 21 22 23
RH..............85 88 88 88 88 88 88 96 92 92 84 81
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 13 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 10 12 10 13
SDSPL KT-FT/100010 8 7 9 8 7 8 8 6 8 6 8
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (8200-20900 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC 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............24 25 26 27 30 32 35 36 37 37 36 34
RH..............84 88 85 88 81 78 75 75 75 75 79 82
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 16 18 18 16 16 16 16 16 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 17 18 20 20 21 22 21 20 17 16 15
SDSPL KT-FT/10008 13 14 16 17 19 21 20 18 17 14 12
FORECASTER...WOODY
REQUESTED BY...ZACHARY RICHARDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528262.1/DLH
.DELDT 01/06/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ZACHARY.RICHARDS@USDA.GOV
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