FNUS73 KMQT 032034 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR BARAGA PLAINS UNIT B C...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 434 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS 0N MONDAY ENSURING DRY CONDITIONS AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND INTO THE 60S AWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY AS MINIMUM RH VALUES DIP TO LESS THAN 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE GREAT LAKES MONDAY NIGHT...IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE TROUGH LIFTING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS TROUGH WILL SLOWLY ROTATE TOWARD THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS TO THE WESTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY AND TO ALL OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL START OFF FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND VEER SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY. PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR BARAGA COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE LESS THAN 0.05 INCH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 AT IGNITION...MAX 69. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 18 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST BY LATE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (195) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (441) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (785) LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900-7500 FT AGL. WAVE HEIGHT.........0 FEET. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........10 15 16 18 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 64 67 67 65 RH..............29 20 19 22 23 GENERAL WIND....SW 4 SW 4 SW 4 S 5 S 5 GENERAL GUST....5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.195 328 441 668 785 MIX HGT (FT)....4900 6600 7400 7400 7100 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 28 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 37 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (370) DECREASING TO POOR (0) BY LATE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL. WAVE HEIGHT.........0 FEET. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........21 24 26 27 33 40 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............64 56 50 47 44 43 RH..............23 37 52 60 66 73 GENERAL WIND....S 5 S 5 SE 6 S 7 S 7 S 8 GENERAL GUST.... 10 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.818 370 0 63 63 68 MIX HGT (FT)....6300 2100 BLW100 300 300 300 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS BY LATE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 38 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 37 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (414) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1514). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6600 FT AGL. WAVE HEIGHT.........0 FEET. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.08 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........47 54 65 73 73 73 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............43 54 62 65 66 65 RH..............76 54 42 39 38 40 GENERAL WIND....S 8 S 8 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 10 GENERAL GUST....15 15 20 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100.70 414 848 1363 1504 1437 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1700 3900 6200 6500 5700 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 5 5 WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...DLG REQUESTED BY...ROBERT GARRISON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090504.BARAG.01/MQT