FNUS73 KDLH 092115 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Newton Fire...USFS National Weather Service Duluth MN 415 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 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... Mostly sunny and dry with a light north wind. Afternoon high temperature in the mid 80s, with relative humidity 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 7-9 mph 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 (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........24 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......8300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (41400 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 5PM Sky cover.......MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 Temp............82 RH..............28 20 FT wind dir..NE 20 FT wind spd..3 20 FT wind gust.7 Mix hgt (kft)...8.3 Transp wind dir.NW Transp wind spd.6 SDspl kt-ft/100041 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 56. Max humidity........86 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 3 to 5 mph shifting to the south 3 to 8 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (13800-31600 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (1600 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 MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............83 77 65 62 58 57 RH..............25 36 65 72 83 83 20 ft wind......NE 3 E 1 S 1 S 1 S 1 S 1 20 ft wind gust.7 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (ft)....7900 600 500 500 400 400 Transport wind..N 5 W 5 S 5 S 7 SW 8 S 8 SDspl kt-ft/100032 3 2 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 87. Min humidity........36 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL increasing to 4700 ft AGL late in the morning, then increasing to 6000 ft AGL in the afternoon decreasing to 4000 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300-10800 knot-ft) increasing to good to excellent (43900-65500 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC MCR PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 Temp............57 60 64 71 76 80 82 84 84 85 86 85 RH..............86 81 70 57 50 44 40 37 38 37 36 39 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.5 6 6 8 9 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.8 1.4 3.2 4.7 5.7 6.0 5.3 4.8 5.3 4.0 Transp wind dir.S S S S SW S SW SW SW SW SW W Transp wind spd.7 7 8 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 SDspl kt-ft/10002 2 6 11 32 47 63 66 58 52 59 44 $$ Forecaster...Jonathan Requested by...Newton Fire Incident Commander Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2617005.2/DLH .DELDT 07/09/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mnmncc_operations@firenet.gov