FNUS73 KAPX 242215
FWSAPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR TROUT POND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
615 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT ENTERING CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN AND
NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO THE FIRE
SITE AT IGNITION TIME EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BE
SOUTH OF THE FIRE SITE BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOMEWHAT GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL VEER WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. CONSIDERABLE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WITH AND JUST BEHIND
THE FRONT. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 22
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1400 FT AGL.
HAINES INDEX........MIN 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0).

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........30     39     39     36     46     46
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............67     65     65     66     65     63
RH..............52     58     61     62     65     73
20 FT WIND......SW 6   SW 9   SW 9   SW 9   SW 10  SW 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     20     20     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      4      3      3
SMOKE DISP......700    300    100    0      100    100

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
                    SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........72 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 14 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........65     75     75     75     97     97
WEATHER COV.....       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............60     61     67     71     72     68
RH..............80     78     66     63     66     68
20 FT WIND......SW 8   SW 8   SW 10  SW 12  SW 13  W 12
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     25     25     25

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FORECASTER...JEFF ZOLTOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...BSTEARNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090425.TROUT.01/APX