242  
FNUS73 KDLH 221123  
FWSDLH  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SQUINT RX...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN  
623 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON OCTOBER 22.  
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
 
 
RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY AND THIS EVENING AT THE  
FIRE SITE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TODAY WITH GUSTS  
UP TO 20 MPH. EXPECT RAIN SHOWERS TO SLOWLY TAPER IN COVERAGE  
LATE TONIGHT WITH SIMILAR COOL, CLOUDY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS AGAIN  
THURSDAY AT THE FIRE SITE.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG THROUGH THE  
DAY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING.  
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.  
MIN HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21  
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING THEN 20 MPH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 17 TO 18 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (24000-36600 KNOT-FT).  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.04 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY DEF LKY LKY CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 80 70 60 50 40  
TEMP............38 39 39 40 40 40 40 39  
RH..............100 96 96 92 92 92 92 96  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.19 18 16 15 15 16 16 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 1.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 18 18 17 18 18  
SDSPL KT-FT/100024 26 32 35 37 32 35 29  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG IN THE  
EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW  
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH  
IN THE EVENING THEN 22 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 16 TO 20 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (8800-23200 KNOT-FT).  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 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.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RS RNF SW SW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............38 36 35 35 35 33 34 33 33 32 32 31  
RH..............96 100 100 100 96 100 96 100 100 100 100 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18 18 18 16 16 18 19 19 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N N N N N N N NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 16 16 17 17 16 17 17 18 18 20  
SDSPL KT-FT/100023 14 12 9 12 20 15 21 19 21 21 22  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.  
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 18 TO 22 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (20200-36900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING  
TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (46500-69800 KNOT-FT).  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......MC CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............31 30 32 32 35 37 38 38 39 40 40 39  
RH..............96 100 92 100 92 85 79 76 73 73 73 76  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.4 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 20  
SDSPL KT-FT/100020 25 37 42 50 57 63 70 68 65 60 47  
 

 
FORECASTER...NATHAN  
REQUESTED BY...SAM WESTLIN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2524091.0/DLH  
.DELDT 10/22/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL SAMUEL.WESTLIN@USDA.GOV  
 
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