FNUS73 KAPX 241717
FWSAPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUMMERS RD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
117 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1320 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STILL LOOKING AT MAINLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON...NO REAL PRECIPITATION THREAT INTO THE AREA UNTIL CLOSER TO
DAYBREAK SATURDAY.  WINDS WILL LIKELY PICK UP A BIT AFTER 3 PM FROM
THE SOUTHWEST...LOOKING AT GUSTS UP TOWARD 20 MPH.  HIGHS EXPECTED TO
REACH THE MID 70S...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE 35 TO 40 PERCENT
RANGE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........72 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    THEN INCREASING TO 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 20 MPH AFTER 3 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2700-3400
                    FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (400) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (900).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61.
RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2200 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(100).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65.
RH..................MIN 63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 11 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 29 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 16
                    TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1600 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX EXCELLENT(1500).

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FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090424.SUMME.02/APX