FNUS73 KMQT 041426 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR LINNBECK BURNS...MICHIGAN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1026 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE THE DRY WEATHER TODAY UNDER GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND DEVELOPING LAKE BREEZES. LOOK FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REACH NEAR 70 DEGREES OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR WHILE LAKE BREEZES KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S NEAR THE GREAT LAKES SHORES. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL DIP TO LESS THAN 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...IN RESPONSE TO A 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 THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. MORE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....64 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO 18 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (396) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (396) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (770) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5700-7100 FT AGL. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............64 67 67 65 RH..............27 24 26 29 GENERAL WIND....E 6 SE 7 SE 7 SE 7 GENERAL GUST....10 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.396 564 733 768 MIX HGT (FT)....5700 7100 6700 5900 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 82 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM TEMP............63 56 49 46 44 42 RH..............31 41 53 61 70 78 GENERAL WIND....SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 5 SE 5 S 6 GENERAL GUST....15 15 10 10 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 68. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 33 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5700-6800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........53 61 71 79 79 78 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............43 54 63 66 67 67 RH..............81 52 38 34 33 35 GENERAL WIND....S 8 S 8 S 10 S 11 S 11 S 10 GENERAL GUST....15 15 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1100 3100 5700 6800 5700 $$ FORECASTER...DLG REQUESTED BY...CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090504.LINNB.01/MQT