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SPOT FORECAST FOR FLANDERS FIRE...MNICS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
547 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 CDT ON MAY 18.
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
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE FIRE AREA BETWEEN 6
AND 7 PM. PRECIPITATION WILL COME IN WAVES AND BECOME MORE STEADY
LATER THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 8 PM.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE SLIGHTLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH AT 5 TO 12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 20 MPH. WITH THE RAINFALL HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 96
PERCENT OVERNIGHT. MOST LIKELY RAIN AMOUNT IS BETWEEN A TENTH AND
HALF AN INCH. RAIN CHANCES TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING AND SKIES
REMAIN CLOUDY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON
AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND
53 PERCENT AND HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 50 DEGREES.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (8200-20500 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.24 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 40 60 80 80 80 70 50 40 30 20
TEMP............56 54 52 50 49 48 47 47 46 46 45 45
RH..............71 79 82 86 88 92 96 95 95 94 93 93
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 16 16 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 1.8 1.6 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 13 10 13 13 14 16 15 15 15 15
SDSPL KT-FT/100020 21 19 12 12 12 15 18 17 16 18 19
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (21200-33800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (62100-86000 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 45 45 46 48 49
RH..............93 80 75 68 60 57
20 FT WIND......NW 9 NW 10 NW 11 NW 11 NW 12 NW 11
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20
MIX HGT (FT)....1500 2000 2500 3100 3700 4200
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 16 NW 20 NW 21 NW 22 NW 23 NW 23
SDSPL KT-FT/100022 34 45 59 76 85
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST
AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2100 FT AGL IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 12
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (42000-83200 KNOT-FT)
DECREASING TO POOR (2100 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV..... ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 49 49 46 44 43 42 41 40 38 37 36
RH..............55 54 54 60 64 69 73 77 80 85 89 92
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 9 7 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1
20 FT WIND GUST.20 19 16 14 12 9 8 6 5 5 5 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 3.9 4.1 3.2 2.1 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 20 16 15 12 10 9 8 7 6 6 7
SDSPL KT-FT/100083 67 57 45 27 16 10 6 4 3 2 3
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO
12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2500-22200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
GOOD (51400-58800 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 CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....ARS
WEATHER TYPE....FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............35 38 41 45 50 53 55 56 58 60 61 62
RH..............96 86 76 62 49 42 39 37 34 32 31 31
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N W W SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 2.0 3.2 4.0 4.8 5.5 6.0 6.4 6.6 6.5 5.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W NW NW NW W SW SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 6 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 12
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 3 14 22 24 29 33 42 52 53 59 59
FORECASTER...KEVIN
REQUESTED BY...BENJAMIN EVANS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613933.0/DLH
.DELDT 05/18/26
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