FNUS73 KDLH 181106 FWSDLH Spot Forecast for Flanders Fire...MN DNR National Weather Service Duluth MN 606 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on May 18. 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... Minimal precipitation occurred overnight as most of the rain shower and storm activity remained southeast of the fire area. Light northerly winds early this morning become 5-7 mph with gusts of 11-14 mph from mid-morning through this afternoon. Expect cloudy to mostly cloudy skies to continue today with a high temperature around 60 degrees. Minimum RH dips into the 70s (%) early this afternoon and bottoms out at 60-65% late this afternoon. Expect a break in precipitation until this evening and tonight, with the best potential after sunset through the early overnight hours. The heaviest rain potential once again remains southeast of the fire area, but an additional 0.20-0.5 inches are forecast for the fire area, with the higher end of that range occurring if any storms move over the fire area. RH recovers above 90% tonight. Winds turn northwesterly on Tuesday at 10-12 mph with gusts up to around 20 mph with skies being mostly cloudy. Some afternoon mixing could lead to a 10% chance for isolated rain showers, but little to no accumulations are expected. Min RH dips into the 50s (%) during the early afternoon and bottoms out around 50% in the late afternoon. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 60. Min humidity........63 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 8 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (7400-29900 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... SCH Weather type.... RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 Temp............45 46 48 48 49 51 53 54 56 57 57 60 RH..............99 98 96 93 91 85 80 77 73 73 68 63 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.7 8 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.8 8 8 9 9 10 12 10 10 10 10 13 SDspl kt-ft/10008 8 8 10 11 17 22 22 24 26 26 30 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Chance of pcpn......90 percent. Min temperature.....Around 41. Max humidity........96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the evening. Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 12 to 18 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (12100-21500 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.21 inches. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 60 70 90 80 80 80 60 50 30 20 Temp............58 57 55 56 54 52 50 49 48 47 46 45 RH..............68 73 76 74 76 80 86 89 89 93 95 93 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 18 19 20 20 Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.12 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 18 17 SDspl kt-ft/100022 21 13 12 13 15 15 17 17 19 21 20 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 51. Min humidity........50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 10 mph with gusts to around 21 mph. Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL increasing to 4600 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 16 to 24 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair to good (20700-37600 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (70400-96400 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC CDY CDY Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............44 43 44 43 45 46 46 47 49 49 49 51 RH..............95 93 86 86 76 71 68 65 59 56 56 50 20 FT wind dir..N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 20 Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.7 2.2 2.6 3.1 3.3 3.5 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.6 4.1 Transp wind dir.N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.16 17 20 22 23 23 23 23 21 21 24 21 SDspl kt-ft/100021 26 38 50 62 68 74 80 71 73 96 75 $$ Forecaster...Cory Requested by...Taylor Schenk Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2613849.5/DLH .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL bgevans@duluthmn.gov,jennifer.olson@state.mn.us,craig.schultz@state.mn.us,taylor_schenk@firenet.gov,clayton.barg@crowwing.gov,jeremy_fauskee@firenet.gov