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Spot Forecast for Rice Lake Piles...US FWS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
642 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CST on January 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.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly cloudy skies today with light snow possible by late
morning. Southwest winds will gust to 20 mph and shift to the west
late this afternoon. Temperatures will start out below zero but
will rise well into the twenties today. Mild temperatures will
continue Thursday with winds out of the northwest.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow late in the morning. Chance of snow late
                    in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 29.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around
                    20 mph shifting to the west around 6 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 23 mph increasing to 16 to 25
                    mph in the afternoon, then shifting to the west
                    around 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (6300-23600 knot-ft) increasing to
                    poor to fair (8400-27600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches.

TIME (CST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....            SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....            SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  20  40  40  50  40  50  40  30
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............-5  -2  1   5   9   12  14  16  19  21  23
RH..............82  77  76  72  79  87  90  94  100 94  98
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..5   6   7   8   9   9   9   9   8   7   6
20 FT wind gust.12  14  18  19  19  20  19  19  19  18  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.14  15  17  20  23  25  24  21  18  16  13
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/10006   8   10  14  24  27  28  21  19  13  8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of snow
                    early in the evening, then slight chance of
                    snow in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 19.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (7200-26900 knot-ft) increasing to
                    fair (25500 knot-ft) after 3 am.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30     20     20     10     0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............24     24     25     22     26     26
RH..............100    85     95     100    100    95
20 ft wind......W 5    W 6    W 7    NW 8   NW 9   NW 9
20 ft wind gust.14     16     18     20     21     22
Mix hgt (ft)....600    700    900    1100   1500   1400
Transport wind..W 14   W 15   NW 16  NW 17  NW 21  NW 21
Haines index....3      3      3      2      2      2
SDspl kt-ft/10007      9      13     17     27     26

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 29.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around
                    21 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 23 mph shifting to the west 9
                    to 13 mph late in the afternoon, then shifting
                    to the southwest late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (17300-34500 knot-ft) decreasing
                    to poor (5600 knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
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............25     25     25     27     28     26
RH..............83     83     85     80     83     85
20 ft wind......NW 9   NW 9   NW 8   NW 7   W 6    W 4
20 ft wind gust.21     20     18     15     14     12
Mix hgt (ft)....1600   1200   1900   2200   1800   1300
Transport wind..NW 23  NW 20  NW 21  NW 16  W 13   W 9
Haines index....3      3      3      4      4      4
SDspl kt-ft/100032     21     35     31     19     11

$$
Forecaster...Dean M
Requested by...Kris Larson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500602.0/DLH
.DELDT 01/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kris_larson@fws.gov