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Spot Forecast for NWS Block A...USFS
National Weather Service Duluth MN
739 AM CDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on October 20.
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...

For today through this weekend, some light rain showers could be
possible through this afternoon (20-40% chance) as well as
Saturday evening (20-30% chance). Any accumulations should be
fairly light, only around a couple hundredths, maybe up to a
tenth of an inch on the high end. Sunday will be fairly dry, with
afternoon RH falling to 30-40% and sunshine returning along with
NW winds gusting up to 20mph. Monday, a chance of rain returns
(30-40%), currently the best chance looks to be in the afternoon
and evening into early Tuesday. Rainfall rates should be fairly
light, but by Tuesday morning up to a couple tenths could have
fallen. This Monday system has been changing with new model data,
so confidence is low to medium at this point for rainfall
potential. Southerly winds with gusts of 15-25 mph are possible
Monday afternoon.


.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    southwest late in the afternoon. Gusts up to 20
                    mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL increasing to 3300 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 21 mph shifting to the south
                    around 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (9300-21100 knot-ft) increasing to
                    good (30500-41600 knot-ft) late in the morning,
                    then increasing to good (36600-51000 knot-ft)
                    late in the afternoon decreasing to fair (21300
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  30  30  40  40  40  40  40
Temp............44  47  49  51  53  54  56  57  57  56
RH..............62  60  58  56  54  55  53  51  53  57
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.3 2.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  13  14  16  20  21  20  16  13  10
SDspl kt-ft/10009   15  21  31  42  51  50  44  37  21

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph early
                    in the evening.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
                    10 to 18 mph late in the evening, then
                    increasing to 17 to 21 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3100-19700 knot-ft) increasing to
                    fair (22500 knot-ft) overnight.
Pcpn amount.........0.06 inches.

TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30
Temp............53  51  49  47  45  44  43  43  42  42  41  41
RH..............64  68  74  79  82  82  86  82  86  82  86  86
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.16  16  18  18  19  19  19  19  19  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.9   8   9   10  13  16  18  21  21  18  17  17
SDspl kt-ft/100011  3   6   10  16  20  24  26  26  24  23  23

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 14 mph with gusts to
                    around 23 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (23300-37800 knot-ft) increasing
                    to good to excellent (40500-63800 knot-ft) in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30
Temp............40  40  41  42  44  45  46  47  48  49  49  48
RH..............85  85  86  82  79  76  71  65  63  61  61  63
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  11  11  12  13  13  13  13  13  12  11
20 FT wind gust.21  21  22  22  23  23  23  23  23  23  23  22
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.17  17  18  18  20  21  22  22  22  21  20  18
SDspl kt-ft/100023  24  31  38  46  52  58  64  61  57  53  41

$$
Forecaster...Ketzel
Requested by...Michael Mattmiller
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523808.0/DLH
.DELDT 10/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael.mattmiller@usda.gov