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SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR028FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
427 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 CDT ON JULY 13.
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 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY
DISCUSSION
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON, WITH A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2200. WEST
WINDS WILL BE GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH BEFORE THE NOCTURNAL
INVERSION STARTS TO DEVELOP AT 2000 THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS
REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT,
WITH RH RECOVERY TO 73%.
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH ON TUESDAY, WHICH WILL BE
BRINGING A WIND SHIFT FROM WEST TO NORTHWEST. TIMING FOR THIS WIND
SHIFT IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR AT 0900 ON TUESDAY MORNING. THIS
COLD FRONT WILL MOST LIKELY PASS THROUGH DRY, WITH VERY LOW
CONFIDENCE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS OR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING ALONG THE FRONT (5-10% CHANCE). WINDS TOMORROW WILL
TREND LIGHTER COMPARED TO TODAY, WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH. HOWEVER, A
RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO CRITICALLY
DRY MIN RH TO 25 PERCENT. DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY,
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING AND SPEEDS/GUSTS TRENDING LOWER.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH IN
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (41100-58700 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(4900-10600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............95 94 89 84 81 80 78 76 77 75 75 74
RH..............30 31 38 44 51 54 60 64 64 69 69 71
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.29 25 22 21 20 20 19 19 18 18 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 2.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 20 16 14 15 15 16 15 15 14 14 12
SDSPL KT-FT/100059 41 11 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 5
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4400-20500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (75600-83400 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR PC MCR MCR MCR PC MCR MCR MCR PC MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............73 75 78 80 85 88 91 94 95 95 97 95
RH..............73 71 67 62 51 45 40 34 30 28 26 25
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 15 16 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.7 1.7 2.3 2.9 3.4 4.2 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.8 6.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 12 10 10 10 12 13 14 16 15 16
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 6 17 21 26 31 42 57 67 79 76 83
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (50400 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (2600
KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MCR MCR PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............94 92 86 81 77 74 72 70 69 67 65 65
RH..............25 25 29 34 39 44 46 51 53 56 60 60
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 13 9 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 2.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N NW NW N NW N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
SDSPL KT-FT/100050 29 9 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2100-15000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
GOOD (35600-49300 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 PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 66 69 73 78 81 84 86 87 88 87 86
RH..............65 65 59 51 42 37 32 29 27 26 27 28
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 1.3 2.0 2.5 3.3 4.0 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.5 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 12
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 2 7 10 15 23 32 41 49 49 46 36
FORECASTER...WOODY
REQUESTED BY...OWEN JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617316.0/DLH
.DELDT 07/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL OWEN.JOHNSON@USDA.GOV
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