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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG BALSAM CAMP...ITASCA COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
737 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 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
STRONG WEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS
WILL DROP BELOW 20 MPH BY 10 PM. MODEST RECOVERY IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH MAX RH VALUES AROUND 65 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT WILL
ADVANCE SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE SITE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL
START FROM THE WEST AT 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 25 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS
TURN NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 60S AND AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL
BOTTOM OUT AROUND 28 PERCENT.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4000-20000 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 67 63 61 59 56 54 52 50 48
RH..............21 28 32 35 37 43 48 54 61 65
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W NW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 11 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.27 25 20 15 14 12 12 13 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 16 13 12 12 9 9 9 10 10
SDSPL KT-FT/100020 12 7 6 6 4 4 4 5 5
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (5600-13300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (77600-116600 KNOT-FT).
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 49 52 53 57 58 60 61 63 64 64 64
RH..............65 63 56 52 45 42 39 36 32 31 30 30
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 7 10 11 12 13 13 12 11 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 15 19 21 22 23 23 22 20 19 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.2 2.6 3.4 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W NW W NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 20 23 24 25 25 25 24 23 21 18
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 13 44 68 88 102 110 117 110 101 90 78
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 9 TO
12 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (45100-58800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(3900-11400 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 MCR MCR MCR PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............65 64 61 55 51 49 47 46 45 43 43 43
RH..............28 29 33 41 50 54 56 56 55 60 62 62
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N NE NE NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 9 6 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 12 11 8 9 11 12 13 13 14 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.5 4.1 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW N NE NE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 12 12
SDSPL KT-FT/100059 45 11 7 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6
FORECASTER...KEVIN
REQUESTED BY...JOHN LINDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613756.0/DLH
.DELDT 05/15/26
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