FNUS73 KDLH 090922 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Newton Fire...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 422 AM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on July 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... Today should be sunny and dry with a light north wind. With an afternoon high temperature in the mid 80s, afternoon relative humidity is expected to fall near 25%. If dewpoints stay slightly lower than forecast, it's possible that this location could see an afternoon RH of 20-25%. Skies stay fairly clear overnight with winds becoming calm. RH recovery should be decent overnight. Friday, a southerly breeze is expected to pick up ahead of an incoming cold front with south to southwest winds 7-12mph gusting to near 15mph. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Friday, and an isolated thunderstorm could become stronger with gusty winds and small hail. Precipitation amounts will be light, likely less than a tenth of an inch, unless the site gets directly hit with a thunderstorm, in which case up to a quarter to half inch of rain could be possible. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in the morning, then becoming light early in the afternoon becoming north around 5 mph late in the afternoon becoming light. Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL increasing to 8200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 5 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200-12500 knot-ft) increasing to good (39100-57000 knot-ft) in the late morning and afternoon, then decreasing to good (31700 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............58 61 64 70 75 78 80 82 82 83 84 83 RH..............77 75 70 55 45 35 30 27 27 25 25 25 20 FT wind dir..N N NE NE NE NE N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 6 8 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.9 1.8 4.7 6.3 7.1 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.2 7.9 Transp wind dir.N NE NE NE NE N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.7 6 7 8 10 10 9 8 6 6 6 5 SDspl kt-ft/10003 2 5 13 42 57 57 54 39 40 41 32 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 57. Max humidity........83 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 5 mph shifting to the south 6 to 8 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to good (12600-30200 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (2300 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 PCLDY PCLDY 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............83 76 66 62 59 58 RH..............27 39 56 75 80 80 20 ft wind......N 3 N 2 SE 2 S 1 S 1 S 2 20 ft wind gust.8 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....7500 600 500 400 400 400 Transport wind..N 5 W 5 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 7 SDspl kt-ft/100030 2 2 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 7 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL increasing to 6300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (2800-17800 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (61800-84100 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC PC MC MC MC Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............58 60 64 71 76 79 81 82 83 83 83 81 RH..............83 81 75 59 50 45 41 40 40 41 41 47 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.6 7 7 8 11 13 14 14 14 15 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.1 1.8 3.2 5.1 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.1 5.3 Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.8 8 10 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 14 16 SDspl kt-ft/10003 3 10 18 35 57 71 76 83 84 62 75 $$ Forecaster...Ketzel Requested by...Newton Fire Incident Commander Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2617005.1/DLH .DELDT 07/09/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov