718
FNUS73 KDLH 141006
FWSDLH
SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE KNIFE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
506 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 CDT ON AUGUST 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.
DISCUSSION
A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN TODAY WITH A HIGH AROUND 79. AFTERNOON RH
VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 40% RANGE WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS
WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, CONTINUING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS CONTINUE TO TREND
DOWNWARD WITH THE PROBABILITY OF RECEIVING MORE THAN A TENTH OF AN
INCH ABOUT 40 PERCENT, WITH THE MOST LIKELY AMOUNTS AROUND 0.05".
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5
TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2300-16300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
FAIR TO GOOD (25500-38200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
MORNING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR PC PC PC PC PC 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............55 56 60 64 70 73 75 77 78 78 79 77
RH..............93 96 87 73 60 51 46 42 40 40 41 44
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 2.6 5.1 6.3 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.3 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 6 6 8
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 2 4 8 16 27 32 27 35 34 32 38
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY (40-60 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (20300-36900 KNOT-FT) DECREASING
TO POOR (3600 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.......MC PC PC PC PC MC PC MC MC MC MC CDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............76 73 69 65 63 62 61 61 61 60 59 58
RH..............50 55 61 69 70 70 70 68 67 71 72 75
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.11 12 11 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 2.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 10 10 10 10 12 12 13 12 13 12
SDSPL KT-FT/100037 21 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4800-22800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
FAIR TO GOOD (20900-36100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
MORNING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.03 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC CDY CDY MC MC CDY
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 20 20 20 50 40 30 30 30
TEMP............58 58 61 63 66 69 70 71 72 71 72 71
RH..............77 82 78 80 70 64 62 60 60 61 64 66
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.1 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 14 16 16 17 17 14 13 16 14 14
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 7 12 21 23 31 32 27 27 36 26 22
FORECASTER...LINDA
REQUESTED BY...KELLEY HARKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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