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FNUS73 KDLH 101412
FWSDLH
SPOT FORECAST FOR LOON...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
912 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0939 CDT ON JUNE 10.
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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AT THE FIRE SITE AND
AND COULD BRING A RANGE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING, ERRATIC WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH AS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS AND A SECONDARY HAZARD OF A
TORNADO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN AS THEY WILL DEPEND ON
WHERE THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS PASS NEAR THE SITE, BUT AROUND
0.4 TO 0.7 INCHES ARE LOOKING MOST LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER MOVES OUT OF THE FIRE SITE AREA BY
2200 CT THIS EVENING WITH A FOGGY OVERNIGHT FORECAST. SOUTHWEST
WINDS INCREASE IN SPEED THURSDAY MORNING AND ARE FORECAST TO GUST
20 TO 25 MPH. A ROUND OF RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE (20% CHANCE)
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD BRING UP TO 0.10 INCHES OF
RAINFALL TO VERY LOCALIZED AREAS.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 13
TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (5400-22800 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.49 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC PC PC MCR PC PC PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....DEF LKY LKY CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........LKY CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 60 60 50 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 71 68 65 64 62 61 60 57 56 54 53
RH..............77 78 86 100 97 100 97 94 98 98 97 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S SW SW W W W W W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 13 10 10 13 15 15 14 14 14 13 14
SDSPL KT-FT/100023 11 6 5 6 9 9 8 7 7 6 7
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24
MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL LATE IN
THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 7100 FT AGL
LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 4500 FT AGL
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 29
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (6500-25600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
GOOD (47900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (110400-137700 KNOT-FT)
LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(157600-177200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (85400-121300 KNOT-FT)
DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (66400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC MC
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20
TEMP............52 55 58 62 67 70 71 72 72 71 71 70
RH..............99 92 87 71 55 49 44 42 41 42 43 46
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.16 18 18 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 21 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.0 1.7 2.8 4.6 5.7 6.3 7.1 7.1 5.8 4.5 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 17 20 28 28 29 29 28 24 22 21
SDSPL KT-FT/10007 12 26 48 110 138 158 177 170 121 85 66
FORECASTER...JOSH
REQUESTED BY...AJ HOFFMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 06/10/26
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