FNUS73 KAPX 281234
FWSAPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRITTLE 2...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
834 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 EDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TODAY INTO
TONIGHT...PROVIDING CLEARING SKIES BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES. A
DRIER AIRMASS WORKING INTO THE AREA WILL HELP LOWER AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES TO AROUND 35 PERCENT AT THE IGNITION SITE...THOUGH
TEMPERED SOMEWHAT BY AN ONSHORE GUSTY WIND FLOW OFF LAKE HURON.
CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL DOMINATE TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (100 PERCENT)...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY
                    (5 TO 10 PERCENT) BY IGNITION TIME.
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 54.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH AT IGNITION...DECREASING TO
                    5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 7 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 17 TO 23 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 TO 3000 FT AGL FROM IGNITION THROUGH
                    EARLY EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (500) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (500).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29.
RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0).

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FORECASTER...DAVID LAWRENCE
REQUESTED BY...BSTEARNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090428.BRITT.02/APX