FNUS73 KAPX 072040 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR QUEENS CORNER...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 440 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON MAY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CUTTING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BURN SITE. GOOD RH RECOVERY EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH VALUES INCREASING TO NEAR 90 PERCENT BY MORNING. ON FRIDAY...AFTER SOME MORNING SUNSHINE...EXPECT INSTABILITY DRIVEN CLOUDS TO BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON ...WITH THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE LOWER 70S...COUPLED WITH DEWPOINTS MIXING OUT INTO THE MID 40S...WILL DROP RH VALUES BY IGNITION TIME INTO THE UPPER 30S...WITH THESE VALUES MAINTAINING THEMSELVES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS VEERING MORE WESTERLY TOWARDS EVENING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........65 60 60 60 52 52 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 64 59 55 52 49 RH..............70 63 72 77 83 89 20 FT WIND......SW 6 S 4 SW 3 SW 3 SW 4 SW 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 5 10 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. RH..................37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........46 44 44 44 75 75 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............49 55 64 70 73 73 RH..............89 69 54 44 37 35 20 FT WIND......SW 1 SW 5 SW 7 SW 8 SW 10 W 11 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 20 20 25 $$ FORECASTER...MIKE BOGUTH REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090508.QUEEN.01/APX