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Spot Forecast for HWY 2...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
141 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CST on December 09.
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...

Expect light and variable winds to become southeast to easterly in
the next 2-3 hours with speeds remaining light. Snow chances have
been trending downward today and tonight, so not much is expected
aside from some flurries or brief light snow with accumulations
this afternoon a light dusting at the most. There will be a low
inversion in place that is expected to persist through about
midnight before gradually improving into Wednesday as winds shift
to north to northwest. Poor dispersal conditions are expected
through early tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    flurries early in the afternoon, then
                    chance of snow late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 20.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.

TIME (CST)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  CDY CDY
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH CHC
Weather type....SW  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  20  20  30
Temp............18  17  18  15
RH..............79  87  84  95
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   4   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   9   12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.3   7   9   10
SDspl kt-ft/10003   6   5   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Snow likely in
                    the evening, then chance of flurries overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 8 above.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 7 mph with gusts to around 18
                    mph shifting to the north around 7 mph with
                    gusts to around 19 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 12 to 14 mph shifting to the north 13 to
                    17 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4600-13900 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.

TIME (CST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......CLOUDY       CLOUDY       MCLDY
Weather cov.....CHANCE       CHANCE       S CHC
Weather type....SNOW         SNOW         SNOW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40           40           20
Temp............16           17           15
RH..............93           100          91
20 FT wind......E 5G14       NE 6G18      N 7G19
Mix hgt (ft)....500          400          1100
Transport wind..E 12         E 13         N 13
SDspl kt-ft/10005            5            12

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 14.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the morning then 20 mph late in the
                    morning, then then 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 16 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (7000-25000 knot-ft) increasing to
                    poor to good (12600-31200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            0
Temp............9            13           12
RH..............75           65           62
20 FT wind......N 7G18       N 8G18       NW 8G18
Mix hgt (ft)....500          1200         1700
Transport wind..N 16         N 20         NW 21
SDspl kt-ft/10007            20           31

$$
Forecaster...Josh
Requested by...Travis Durkin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527300.0/DLH
.DELDT 12/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jeb.backe@usda.gov,travis.durkin@usda.gov