FNUS73 KDLH 090941 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Fools Gold...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 441 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 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 just under 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. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL increasing to 8000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 5 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500-11000 knot-ft) increasing to good (31500-50200 knot-ft) in the late morning and afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............62 67 74 76 78 80 81 81 82 81 RH..............72 61 46 37 34 29 29 28 28 29 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 20 FT wind gust.5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.6 4.4 6.3 7.0 7.5 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.9 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE N N N N N N NW Transp wind spd.7 8 9 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/10005 11 35 50 49 45 39 32 32 32 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 55. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 3 to 5 mph shifting to the northeast around 5 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the south 6 to 9 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (1800-21100 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............80 80 74 69 65 63 61 61 58 57 56 55 RH..............31 34 44 55 60 72 78 78 83 86 86 93 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N S S SS S 20 FT wind spd..2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 20 FT wind gust.7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 4.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.NW N N NE S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.3 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 SDspl kt-ft/100021 19 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 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 83. Min humidity........44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL increasing to 4500 ft AGL late in the morning, then increasing to 6600 ft AGL early in the afternoon decreasing to 3600 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (3300-15300 knot-ft) increasing to fair (29100 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to good to excellent (58100-75300 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to excellent (85800 knot-ft) late in the afternoon decreasing to fair to good (17800-36300 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.11 inches. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC PC PC MC PC MC MC PC MC PC PC Weather cov..... SCH CHC SCH SCH CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH CHC SCH SCH CHC Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 30 20 20 30 Temp............56 59 64 70 75 77 79 81 82 82 82 81 RH..............90 87 78 63 56 50 47 44 44 46 46 49 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT wind gust.8 9 9 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.1 1.4 2.6 4.5 5.3 5.4 5.8 6.6 3.6 1.8 Transp wind dir.SW S SW S SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW Transp wind spd.10 9 12 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 SDspl kt-ft/10004 3 11 15 29 58 69 70 75 86 36 18 $$ Forecaster...Ketzel Requested by...Aaron Bouchonville Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2617062.0/DLH .DELDT 07/09/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL aaron.bouchonville@usda.gov