FNUS73 KLOT 111308 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE GRANT CREEK - MNTP...MIDEIWIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 808 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES WILL PROVIDE DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL PERSIST FROM THE NORTHEAST TODAY...WITH SOME INCREASE IN SPEED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO ENHANCEMENT OF FLOW OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 52. RH..................34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 5100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 17 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /67800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /81300 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........12 9 6 5 4 3 3 2 1 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 49 50 51 52 52 51 50 47 RH..............34 31 30 30 29 29 30 31 35 20 FT WIND DIR..030 040 040 040 040 030 030 040 040 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.1 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.040 040 040 030 030 030 030 030 040 TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 18 18 17 17 17 18 20 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100068 77 81 81 79 74 67 60 51 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 300 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 13 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-40900 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 7 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............44 40 36 33 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 32 RH..............40 47 55 64 69 71 72 72 73 73 73 72 20 FT WIND DIR..040 040 040 040 030 030 030 030 040 050 060 070 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.040 040 040 040 030 030 030 030 050 050 060 070 TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 17 16 15 14 13 13 13 14 14 15 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100041 27 14 4 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 0 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57. RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 21 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........10 11 13 14 15 16 17 23 28 33 38 44 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............34 38 43 48 51 53 54 56 56 57 56 55 RH..............67 57 46 38 34 31 30 28 27 27 28 30 20 FT WIND DIR..080 080 090 090 100 110 110 110 100 100 090 080 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.2 2.5 3.6 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.080 090 110 120 120 110 110 110 100 100 100 100 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 20 21 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MERZLOCK REQUESTED BY...JERRY HOFFMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090411.MIDDL.01/LOT