Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
619 FNUS73 KDLH 261116 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Pike Bay Burn...MN DNR Forestry - Cass Lake National Weather Service Duluth MN 616 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on June 26. 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... Generally quiet weather is expected today, with a high temperature around 70 degrees and afternoon RH values above 50 percent. Winds will be northwesterly at 5 to 10 mph with a few gusts up to 15 mph. No precipitation is expected. There should be good mixing and smoke dispersal through the day Thursday will start out dry with chances for showers and thunderstorms returning for the evening and overnight hours. The high will be in the low 70s with afternoon RH values above 50 percent. Light and variable winds during the morning will become southerly during the afternoon around 5 mph. Showers and storms will remain possible for Friday and Saturday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 70. Min humidity........58 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 14 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (35200-55100 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............63 64 66 67 68 68 68 69 RH..............77 71 69 64 63 60 58 58 20 FT wind dir..N N N N NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 3.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N NW Transp wind spd.15 15 14 16 15 16 16 15 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100035 41 47 55 49 54 53 50 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 50. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL decreasing to 1200 ft AGL in the late evening and overnight. Transport winds.....North 5 to 13 mph shifting to the northeast 3 to 5 mph after 3 am, then shifting to the southeast around 3 mph early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (21300-38700 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (1300-8600 knot-ft) in the late evening and overnight. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............68 67 60 56 54 52 RH..............59 58 76 82 85 90 20 ft wind......NW 6 N 4 N 2 N 2 NE 1 SE 1 20 ft wind gust.14 9 6 5 3 3 Mix hgt (ft)....3500 2100 900 600 500 400 Transport wind..NW 13 N 12 N 8 N 6 N 5 NE 5 Haines index....3 2 2 2 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100039 21 6 3 2 2 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 73. Min humidity........54 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 4300 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon. Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 12 mph shifting to the south 13 to 14 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1300-16300 knot-ft) increasing to good (30500-48400 knot-ft) in the late morning and afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............51 57 65 68 72 72 RH..............90 86 65 61 55 57 20 ft wind......SE 1 SE 2 SE 4 S 5 S 5 S 5 20 ft wind gust.3 5 9 12 13 14 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1200 3000 3800 4200 4000 Transport wind..SE 3 SE 7 S 12 S 13 S 13 S 14 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10001 7 31 42 48 48 $$ Forecaster...Linda Requested by...David Hoefer Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2416678.1/DLH .DELDT 06/26/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dave.hoefer@state.mn.us