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SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR028FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
527 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 CDT ON JULY 14.
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.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
TONIGHT THERE WILL BE INCREASING CLOUDS ALOFT WHICH WILL AID IN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RECOVERING TO AROUND 60 PERCENT. WINDS
WEAK, GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT AROUND 5 MPH.
HEAVY SMOKE/HAZE FROM THE ACTIVE FIRES.
ON WEDNESDAY CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS DRY AS TODAY NOR AS HOT,
WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND TEN DEGREES COOLER THAN TUESDAY. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 30 PERCENT WITH WEAK NORTH
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR A SPOTTY RAIN SHOWER
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SMOKE.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (49800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (3600
KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............91 85 76 72 71 68
RH..............27 30 40 44 47 57
20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 4 NW 3 NW 3 NW 3 NW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 7 7 8 8
MIX HGT (FT)....3800 600 500 400 500 500
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 15 N 8 N 9 N 9 N 10 N 10
SDSPL KT-FT/100050 4 4 4 4 4
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SMOKE.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2800-16300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
FAIR (13600-23900 KNOT-FT) 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 MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 66 70 72 76 79 80 82 83 84 85 83
RH..............59 61 57 53 49 46 42 41 39 39 39 39
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N N NW N N NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 11 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.3 2.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.3 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 7 8
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 3 6 8 12 16 16 24 19 22 14 14
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SMOKE.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-13200 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC MC MC CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC CDY CDY
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............82 80 77 74 72 70 69 68 68 67 66 65
RH..............41 44 47 53 51 57 59 61 61 63 65 70
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.11 9 7 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5
SDSPL KT-FT/100013 10 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SMOKE EARLY IN
THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SPRINKLES EARLY IN THE
MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1700-8600 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 30 30 30 30 30 30 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............64 66 69 71 74 76 78 80 81 82 82 81
RH..............73 73 68 64 57 54 48 45 44 41 41 42
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N NW N NE NE E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 9 8 9
FORECASTER...JOE
REQUESTED BY...OWEN JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617316.1/DLH
.DELDT 07/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL OWEN.JOHNSON@USDA.GOV
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