####018006370#### FNUS73 KDLH 242007 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Kimberly Clark East...WI DNR National Weather Service Duluth MN 307 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 25. 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... Thursday will be mainly sunny and dry once again along with breezier winds. Afternoon RH values will fall to around 24 percent, although it may trend slightly drier with the stronger winds. Winds will be from the south-southeast at 6 to 12 mph with gusts to around 15 mph during the afternoon. Given the good mixing conditions, smoke dispersal will improve to excellent by the afternoon. A long duration rain event is expected for Friday into the weekend with rain becoming likely Friday afternoon with showers possible Friday morning. Winds Friday will be southeasterly at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 to 30 mph. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........24 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL increasing to 5800 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....South 9 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (10400-22700 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (57400-76200 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............44 50 53 56 58 59 60 61 61 RH..............49 40 33 30 26 25 25 25 24 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 20 FT wind gust.11 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.5 4.0 4.7 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.4 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.9 10 10 12 13 14 15 14 16 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100010 23 36 47 57 64 75 69 76 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 36. Max humidity........64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph overnight then 21 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL decreasing to 800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (67100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (6800-12100 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............59 52 46 42 39 38 RH..............26 38 49 50 54 54 20 ft wind......S 8 S 8 SE 8 SE 8 SE 9 SE 9 20 ft wind gust.14 14 15 16 18 16 Mix hgt (ft)....5200 700 600 600 600 600 Transport wind..S 15 S 13 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 SE 16 Haines index....4 5 5 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/100067 8 8 8 8 9 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain in the morning. Rain likely in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 56. Min humidity........46 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 13 to 21 mph. Gusts up to 32 mph increasing to 36 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 17 to 26 mph increasing to 29 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (12300-28500 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (51100-70300 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.14 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY Weather cov..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY Weather type....NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 30 30 30 60 60 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............38 42 48 53 55 54 RH..............62 60 54 48 46 48 20 ft wind......SE 12 SE 17 SE 20 SE 21 SE 21 SE 21 20 ft wind gust.21 26 32 32 32 32 Mix hgt (ft)....1000 1200 1800 2500 2600 2200 Transport wind..SE 18 SE 20 SE 24 SE 29 SE 30 SE 29 Haines index....5 5 5 5 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100016 20 38 63 69 55 $$ Forecaster...Bryan Requested by...Tom Onchuck Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412336.0/DLH .DELDT 04/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL thomas.onchuck@wisconsin.gov