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FNUS73 KDLH 152131
FWSDLH
SPOT FORECAST FOR OVERPASS FIRE...KOOCHICHING COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
431 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 CDT ON MAY 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.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
GUSTY WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40
MPH WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS EVENING. RH VALUES WILL DROP TO
AROUND 15 PERCENT AND SLOWLY RECOVER THIS EVENING. MAX RH
OVERNIGHT WILL BE AROUND 70 PERCENT. WIND GUSTS WILL DROP BELOW 20
MPH AROUND 10 PM. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE
SITE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE WESTERLY INITIALLY AND TURN
NORTHWESTERLY BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON AT 8 TO 14 MPH
WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES WON'T BE AS WARM TOPPING
OUT AROUND 56 DEGREES. RH VALUES WILL BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 30 AND 35
PERCENT.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 33
MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE
EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 12
TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (103200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
TO FAIR (6000-19900 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 MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............69 68 66 61 59 56 53 51 50 47 45 44
RH..............21 28 31 36 40 46 53 59 61 65 70 70
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..18 15 13 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.33 32 27 26 19 14 14 14 13 13 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.5 2.2 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W NW NW W NW NW W W NW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 23 18 15 14 13 14 13 13 13 13 12
SDSPL KT-FT/1000103 44 20 7 7 6 8 7 7 6 9 9
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (14900-33300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING
TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (51000-73000 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 PC PC MC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 51 52 54 55
RH..............70 68 63 60 56 52 50 46 46 44 41 38
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 9 11 12 13 13 12 12 11 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 15 18 19 19 19 19 18 15 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 2.2 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 17 20 21 22 22 21 20 18 17 16 14
SDSPL KT-FT/100015 33 53 61 68 73 71 71 73 69 65 51
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 8 TO 12
MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (28200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(2900-11400 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 MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 56 53 49 47 45 42 41 40 39 38 37
RH..............38 37 41 48 53 58 62 65 67 70 73 75
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N NE NE NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 11 8 7 6 6 6 8 9 11 12 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 3.5 1.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N N NE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 8 8 8 9 8 9 10 10 12
SDSPL KT-FT/100033 28 11 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (5500-20400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
FAIR TO GOOD (27800-34800 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV..... LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 60 60 60 60 60
TEMP............39 41 43 46 49 51 52 52 53 53 53 52
RH..............73 67 65 60 54 52 52 54 54 57 59 61
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 9 11 12 13 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 16 16 18 19 20 21 21 22 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 14 15 17 17 17 17 18 20 20 18
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 11 14 20 28 29 29 29 31 34 35 28
FORECASTER...KEVIN
REQUESTED BY...WILLI KOSTIUK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613760.0/DLH
.DELDT 05/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL WILLI.KOSTIUK@CO.KOOCHICHING.MN.US
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