FNUS73 KDLH 081043 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Section Three Pond Fire...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 543 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on July 08. 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... Morning clouds and perhaps a spotty shower/sprinkle early this morning will give way to afternoon sunshine with dry air moving in causing relative humidity values to fall to around 35 percent this afternoon. Sunny skies Thursday leading to even drier conditions with relative values falling to around or just under 30 percent. High pressure to the north will lead to very weak winds today and tomorrow, generally out of the north around 5 mph or less both days. Despite the weak winds, the sunshine will help with smoke dispersion, with fair to good to smoke dispersal values each afternoon. A very low chance for light precipitation Friday (10-20 percent chance) and otherwise a dry conditions over the next 5-7 days. Temperatures rising to above normal this weekend into early next week. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Chance of pcpn......5 percent. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL increasing to 6700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 5 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1600-18400 knot-ft) increasing to good (42200-53100 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).5 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............61 66 74 80 81 81 RH..............90 78 55 42 38 35 20 ft wind......N 0 N 1 N 2 N 3 N 3 NW 3 20 ft wind gust.5 5 7 9 9 9 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1400 4200 6000 6700 6000 Transport wind..N 5 NE 7 NE 8 N 8 N 8 N 8 SDspl kt-ft/10002 8 30 42 47 42 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 55. Max humidity........87 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (27700-47100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the evening. 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 MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............80 75 65 62 59 56 RH..............38 48 68 70 75 80 20 ft wind......N 3 N 1 N 1 N 1 N 0 NE 1 20 ft wind gust.9 6 6 5 3 5 Mix hgt (ft)....5900 500 400 400 400 400 Transport wind..N 9 NW 8 N 8 N 8 N 7 NE 6 SDspl kt-ft/100047 3 3 3 3 2 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 8200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1900-18400 knot-ft) increasing to good (33200-49100 knot-ft) late in the morning. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............55 67 79 83 RH..............86 65 36 31 20 FT wind......N 0G3 N 0G5 N 2G7 NW 2G7 Mix hgt (ft)....400 2000 6200 8200 Transport wind..NE 6 E 6 N 7 NW 7 SDspl kt-ft/10002 10 37 49 $$ Forecaster...Joe Requested by...Amanda Killen Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2616958.0/DLH .DELDT 07/08/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov