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Spot Forecast for Namekagon Barrens Unit 2...WI DNR
National Weather Service Duluth MN
442 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on August 12.
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...

Light northerly winds under 10 mph will continue today, with
minimum relative humidity values dropping to around 40 percent
this afternoon under hazy skies. A slight chance of showers and
storms exists late this afternoon and tonight. Overnight humidity
recoveries will continue to be excellent as temperatures drop to
lows in the 50s. Thursday will be similar to today, but with
lowering precipitation chances. Friday more moisture moves into
the region with RH values remaining above 45 percent, and winds
increasing out of the east to northeast. The next widespread
wetting rain chance will arrive Friday night and continue into
Saturday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL increasing to 7100 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest 7 to
                    8 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (11300-24800 knot-ft) increasing
                    to good (32100-49300 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10
Temp............75  77  81  82  84  84  84  85
RH..............62  56  47  44  41  41  41  40
20 FT wind dir..E   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..1   2   3   3   4   4   4   3
20 FT wind gust.5   5   6   7   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 4.1 5.3 6.3 7.0 7.1 6.8 6.4
Transp wind dir.NE  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.6   7   7   7   8   7   7   7
SDspl kt-ft/100011  25  32  38  49  43  41  39

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers overnight. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL decreasing to 1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph shifting to the northeast 5
                    to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (31800 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (1700-7600 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....                                SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                        SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20
Temp............84  82  78  72  68  67  66  64  63  61  60  59
RH..............41  44  52  64  76  78  81  84  87  90  93  93
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   7   6   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   NE  E   E   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  N
Transp wind spd.7   6   5   5   7   6   7   7   7   7   7   8
SDspl kt-ft/100032  8   2   2   3   2   3   3   3   3   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph
                    early in the morning, then becoming light early
                    in the morning becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2600-20200 knot-ft) increasing to
                    good (42000-51800 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
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  0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  59  62  66  71  73  76  78  79  80  81  79
RH..............96  96  90  81  71  66  58  52  50  49  46  49
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   4   3   3   4   4   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   11  11  11  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.9 1.2 1.9 2.9 3.8 4.5 5.7 5.8 4.7 5.2
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   7   7   8   8   9   10  10  10  10
SDspl kt-ft/10003   3   6   7   12  20  27  36  51  52  42  47

$$
Forecaster...Linda
Requested by...Renae Essenmacher
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619444.0/DLH
.DELDT 08/12/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL renae.essenmacher@wisconsin.gov