FNUS73 KDLH 081047 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Long 2 Fire...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 547 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 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 partly sunny skies this afternoon with values to fall to around 40 percent this afternoon. Sunny skies Thursday leading to even drier conditions with relative values falling to around 35 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 sprinkles early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL increasing to 4700 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....North 6 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (4200-18100 knot-ft) increasing to fair to good (24900-32900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 5 0 0 0 Temp............64 70 76 80 82 RH..............90 76 58 46 41 20 ft wind......N 0 NW 1 N 3 NE 3 N 3 20 ft wind gust.5 5 7 8 8 Mix hgt (ft)....800 1600 3600 4500 4700 Transport wind..N 6 N 6 N 6 N 7 N 8 SDspl kt-ft/10004 8 18 27 33 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 55. Max humidity........90 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west around 6 mph overnight, then shifting to the north early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1700-20700 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............80 73 64 61 58 57 RH..............47 62 78 81 83 83 20 ft wind......S 3 SW 2 N 0 N 0 N 0 NW 1 20 ft wind gust.8 6 5 3 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....3000 500 400 400 400 400 Transport wind..S 8 S 6 S 6 S 5 W 6 NW 6 SDspl kt-ft/100021 3 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Patchy fog early in themorning. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL increasing to 4000 ft AGL late in the morning, then increasing to 6500 ft AGL late in the morning decreasing to 5000 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....North around 6 mph becoming 5 to 7 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the northwest 6 to 10 mph late in the afternoon shifting to the south around 8 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2000-19800 knot-ft) increasing to fair to good (23000-40300 knot-ft) late in the morning. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY Weather cov.....PATCHY Weather type....FOG NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............56 70 81 83 RH..............90 63 38 34 20 FT wind......NW 1G5 NE 1G5 N 3G6 NW 3G7 Mix hgt (ft)....400 2400 6500 4400 Transport wind..NW 6 N 6 N 7 NW 9 SDspl kt-ft/10002 12 39 35 $$ Forecaster...Joe Requested by...Amanda Killen Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2616950.0/DLH .DELDT 07/08/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov