Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
232 FNUS73 KDLH 131521 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for NineMile Pile RX...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 921 AM CST Wed Nov 13 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on November 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... Rain chances will decrease early Thursday morning, before 6 AM. Rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch are expected overnight. Partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies are forecast although there may be a few breaks in the clouds. High temperature will be around 45 degrees and minimum humidity will be in the mid-70 percent range. Northeast winds are forecast around 5 mph. Smoke dispersal will be poor to fair with smoke moving toward the southwest. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 45. Min humidity........76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3900-13200 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............38 39 41 42 44 45 45 44 41 38 RH..............96 96 89 86 79 76 76 79 86 89 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 20 FT wind gust.11 11 11 12 12 11 11 9 9 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.3 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.8 Transp wind dir.NE E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.8 8 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10004 5 10 12 13 11 9 7 6 4 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 34. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 3 to 6 mph shifting to the west 3 to 5 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft). Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............41 40 39 38 38 38 38 38 37 37 37 37 RH..............89 89 89 92 96 96 100 100 100 100 96 96 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E SE SE S 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E SE SW W W W Transp wind spd.6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/10003 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 46. Min humidity........73 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph early in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 8 mph shifting to the south around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1300-15200 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............37 38 39 41 42 44 45 46 46 46 44 41 RH..............96 96 96 93 89 79 76 73 73 73 79 86 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 8 9 11 11 11 9 8 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.7 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S Transp wind spd.3 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/10001 2 4 6 9 12 15 13 11 9 6 4 $$ Forecaster...Kevin Requested by...Zach Kellerman Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2426477.0/DLH .DELDT 11/13/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL zachary.kellerman@usda.gov