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FNUS73 KDLH 141857
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SPOT FORECAST FOR RICE LAKE FD TRAINING...RICE LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
157 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1900 CDT ON OCTOBER 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
THERE IS A 30-50% CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY WITH A BRIEF
LULL EARLY THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE RAIN SHOWERS REDEVELOP. RAIN
CHANCES WILL BE IN THE 20-30% RANGE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE UPPER 40S AND COOL TO THE LOW
40S BY 2200 CDT. WIND WILL BE FROM THE WEST EARLY IN THE EVENING
TURNING NORTHWEST BY 2200 CDT. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND
10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 10-15 MPH EARLY INCREASING TO 16-20 MPH BY
2200 CDT. DAYTIME RAIN AMOUNTS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ARE
EXPECTED WITH ANOTHER FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH DURING THE
EVENING. IF A HEAVIER SHOWER PASSES OVER THE SITE, RAIN AMOUNTS
MAY BE CLOSER TO A TENTH OF AN INCH DURING THE DAY AND ANOTHER
TENTH IN THE EVENING.
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 23 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 27 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 21
MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4400-20300 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 20 20 30 30 30 30
TEMP............47 45 44 43 42 40 39 39 38 38 37
RH..............86 93 93 93 93 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 8 10 10 10 10 11 12 15 17
20 FT WIND GUST.9 12 15 18 18 19 19 21 23 25 27
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 12 16 17 20 21 14 16 20 18
SDSPL KT-FT/10009 4 7 9 12 10 14 6 8 20 20
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 9
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 22 TO 31 MPH DECREASING TO 16 TO 20 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (30600-49900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (70300-108700 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO GOOD
(44100 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.......MC MC MC MC MC PC PC MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 36 35 38 41 43 43 44 45 45 45 44
RH..............100 100 100 89 79 70 65 58 51 49 47 49
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..18 19 20 20 19 18 16 15 13 12 11 9
20 FT WIND GUST.30 32 32 32 30 29 27 25 23 22 20 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 1.5 2.3 3.1 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.1 3.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 23 25 29 31 31 30 28 25 23 20 16
SDSPL KT-FT/100040 31 50 77 101 109 106 98 94 88 70 44
FORECASTER...KEVIN
REQUESTED BY...MARK NIEMI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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