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Spot Forecast for Wicks RX...Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Weather Service Duluth MN
1126 AM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on April 19.
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 sunny skies are expected Saturday. RH values are forecast
to be around 34 percent. However, drier RH values are possible and
could be as low as 27 percent. Winds will be from the northwest
at 5 to 8 mph with gusts as high as 15 mph possible. Smoke
dispersal will increase to good to excellent with transport winds
from the west. High temperature will be around 50 degrees.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good to excellent (46800-68500 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  47  48  49  50
RH..............43  40  37  36  34
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.1
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.14  14  14  13  10
SDspl kt-ft/100066  68  69  66  47

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL decreasing to 1300 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 8 mph shifting to the south 5 to 9
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (9600-29300 knot-ft) decreasing to
                    poor (1200 knot-ft) in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............50  48  44  41  38  36  34  33  32  31  31  30
RH..............36  34  41  48  57  61  64  66  69  75  75  78
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3
20 FT wind gust.11  7   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...4.3 3.4 2.4 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   6   5   5   5   6   7   8   8   9   9   9
SDspl kt-ft/100029  17  10  5   1   1   2   2   2   2   3   3

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2900-19600 knot-ft) increasing to
                    good (41500-54900 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............30  31  35  40  45  48  51  53  55  55  55  53
RH..............81  78  69  59  51  46  39  36  34  35  35  38
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
20 FT wind spd..3   4   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.8   9   11  13  14  14  14  14  14  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.4 4.2 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 3.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.10  10  12  12  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  14
SDspl kt-ft/10003   3   11  20  29  38  47  55  53  52  52  42

$$
Forecaster...Kevin
Requested by...Carl Crawford
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511015.0/DLH
.DELDT 04/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL carl.crawford@bia.gov