FNUS73 KGRR 231943
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR 40TH STREET RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
343 PM EDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WARM FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING A THREAT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCE FOR
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2800-3300
                    FT AGL.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /300
                    KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT
                    (500-700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...LAURENS/MEADE
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN SHERRETZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090424.40THS.01/GRR