FNUS73 KMQT 231918 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR RIFLE RANGE SNOW ON...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 318 PM EDT THU APR 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WARMER AIR INTO THE REGION TODAY WITH READING FROM THE 50S EAST TO THE 60S WEST. THIS WARM AIR WILL BRING IN SOME UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE WEST AS WELL AND CAUSE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB WELL ABOVE NORMAL...INTO THE 70S. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY NORTH OF THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ADDITIONAL RAIN TO THE AREA SUNDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 91 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4...OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 26 TO 48 MPH BY LATE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (46). MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1500 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........51 54 58 61 59 55 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 46 43 41 40 40 RH..............42 50 60 68 77 86 GENERAL WIND....SE 8 SE 8 SE 9 S 8 S 8 SE 7 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.292 139 49 88 80 55 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 500 200 300 300 200 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 19 TO 38 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (259) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (556). MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 900-2600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........53 52 50 49 52 56 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............41 53 62 66 67 66 RH..............91 67 54 51 50 51 GENERAL WIND....S 10 S 10 S 11 S 11 S 11 S 11 GENERAL GUST....20 20 25 25 25 25 VINDX KT-FT/100.73 259 459 556 458 305 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1000 2000 2600 1900 1100 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 2 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...MICHELS REQUESTED BY...KAREN WAALEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090424.RIFLE.01/MQT