FNUS73 KDLH 090939 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Long 2 Fire...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 439 AM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 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 variable wind. Earlier in the day, a more northerly wind direction is expected, but could become more easterly with a lake breeze influence from Lake Superior. 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. However, the best chance for any precipitation is to the west of this site. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in the morning, then becoming light early in the afternoon becoming northeast around 5 mph late in the afternoon shifting to the east. Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 5600 ft AGL late in the morning, then increasing to 7100 ft AGL in the afternoon decreasing to 5100 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....North 7 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (5600-15500 knot-ft) increasing to good (30400-44600 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to good (38600-52200 knot-ft) in the afternoon decreasing to good (30600 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 Temp............65 74 79 79 79 RH..............70 48 35 34 39 20 ft wind......N 2 NE 3 N 3 N 3 NE 4 20 ft wind gust.6 9 8 7 8 Mix hgt (ft)....900 3800 6500 6800 6500 Transport wind..NE 7 N 9 N 9 N 8 N 7 SDspl kt-ft/10006 30 52 47 39 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 54. Max humidity........80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL decreasing to 1800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 7 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (10500-23400 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (2600 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.......PCLDY MCLEAR 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............77 71 61 59 56 56 RH..............42 53 72 69 74 74 20 ft wind......SE 3 S 2 SW 1 N 0 N 0 N 0 20 ft wind gust.9 6 5 3 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....3900 500 400 400 400 500 Transport wind..S 7 S 7 S 7 SW 8 SW 8 SW 7 SDspl kt-ft/100023 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........41 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 4900 ft AGL in the late morning and afternoon, then decreasing to 1600 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3000-17300 knot-ft) increasing to fair to good (29900-42400 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to good to excellent (41200-63100 knot-ft) late in the afternoon decreasing to fair (17600 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 10 Temp............56 72 79 79 RH..............77 53 41 42 20 FT wind......N 0G5 S 2G8 S 5G13 S 6G14 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1900 4200 4500 Transport wind..SW 8 S 10 SW 12 S 16 SDspl kt-ft/10003 17 42 63 $$ Forecaster...Ketzel Requested by...Amanda Killen Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2617044.0/DLH .DELDT 07/09/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov