FNUS73 KAPX 051350 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR EVERGREEN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 950 AM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON MAY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AS HIGH PRESSURE RETREATS TO THE EAST TODAY...EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BEFORE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS APPROACHES THE WESTERN LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE WINDS TO BECOME SOUTHERLY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY RISE TO NEAR 70 TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE TODAY ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER IF SOME LAKE INFLUENCE AFFECTS THE SITE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE GOOD TONIGHT WITH VALUES RISING TO CLOSE TO 90 PERCENT. SLIGHTLY HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON WEDNESDAY...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 30 TO 35 PERCENT. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70. RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL. HAINES INDEX........MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX EXCELLENT(900). TIME (EDT) 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........16 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............68 69 RH..............28 27 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 HAINES INDEX....4 3 SMOKE DISP......900 800 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........MIN 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0). TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........48 76 76 80 62 62 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............68 63 54 50 49 48 RH..............28 35 48 63 80 83 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 6 SE 5 SE 4 S 3 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 10 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 4 SMOKE DISP......800 400 100 0 0 0 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74. RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........62 64 64 64 87 87 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 50 61 70 72 73 RH..............86 80 53 38 34 33 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 4 S 6 S 8 S 8 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...MIKE DUTTER/NWS MARQUETTE MI REQUESTED BY...JOE ALYEA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090505.EVERG.01/APX