FNUS73 KMQT 201345
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SILVICULTURE EXAM...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
945 AM EDT MON APR 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0859 EDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TODAY...TURNING TO A MIX OF RAIN WITH SOME SNOW DURING THE
EVENING HOURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LARGEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...DECREASING IN INTENSITY
AS THE NIGHT CONTINUES.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF VERY WET SNOW MAY TOTAL
AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH MAY FALL
DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY EVENING...UP TO 1.25 INCHES OF
TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.31 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
SKY (%).........98  98  98  98  99  99  99  99  100
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
TEMP............38  38  39  40  40  39  39  38  38
GENERAL WIND DIR..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
GENERAL WIND SPD..7   7   7   9   9   9   7   7   7
GENERAL WIND GST..15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.43 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........100    100    100    100    100    100
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RN/SN  RN/SN  RN/SN  RN/SN  RN/SN  RN/SN
TEMP............37     37     37     36     35     34
GENERAL WIND....NE 8   NE 8   NE 8   N 8    N 8    N 8
GENERAL GUST....15     15     15     15     15     15

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.20 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........100    100    100    100    100    100
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RN/SN  RN/SN  RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............34     35     37     39     40     38
GENERAL WIND....N 8    N 8    N 7    N 7    N 7    NW 9
GENERAL GUST....15     15     15     15     15     20

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FORECASTER...SK/MRD
REQUESTED BY...LINDA PETERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20090420.SILVI.01/MQT