FNUS73 KDLH 090924 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Section Three Pond...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 424 AM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 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, though some afternoon gusts up to 10mph are possible as wind accelerates across Lac La Croix. With an afternoon high temperature in the mid 80s, afternoon relative humidity is expected to fall near 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 6-10mph gusting 12-15mph. 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. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL increasing to 8100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 3 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000-8500 knot-ft) increasing to good (32100-51700 knot-ft) in the late morning and afternoon, then decreasing to fair (23000 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky cover.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............59 70 78 81 82 82 RH..............78 55 35 29 28 28 20 ft wind......NE 1 NE 1 NE 2 N 2 N 2 N 1 20 ft wind gust.5 5 7 8 7 7 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1400 6500 7600 8100 7700 Transport wind..NE 6 NE 7 N 9 N 7 N 5 N 3 SDspl kt-ft/10002 9 52 46 33 23 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 56. Max humidity........86 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 5 mph shifting to the east around 3 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the south late in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1400-19600 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............81 75 66 62 60 57 RH..............30 43 58 72 78 83 20 ft wind......N 1 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 S 1 20 ft wind gust.6 5 3 3 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....6500 500 500 500 400 400 Transport wind..NW 3 NW 3 E 3 S 6 S 8 S 8 SDspl kt-ft/100020 1 1 2 3 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 4200 ft AGL late in the morning, then increasing to 5800 ft AGL early in the afternoon decreasing to 3700 ft AGL late in the afternoon decreasing to 1100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3000-13500 knot-ft) increasing to fair (26800 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to good (46000-52900 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to excellent (74700 knot-ft) early in the afternoon decreasing to good (40800 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (10000 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.08 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... CHANCE Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........ CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 30 Temp............57 68 80 81 RH..............86 68 45 47 20 FT wind......S 1G7 S 3G9 S 5G13 SW 4G14 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1500 4200 5700 Transport wind..SW 9 SW 10 SW 13 SW 15 SDspl kt-ft/10003 14 46 75 $$ Forecaster...Ketzel Requested by...Amanda Killen Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2617030.0/DLH .DELDT 07/09/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov