FNUS73 KMQT 210057 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK RIVER FALLS...MICHIGAN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 857 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1843 CDT ON MAY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE INTO THE AREA ON STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. AREAS AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN WILL SEE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY WITH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 80S...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 17 TO 25 PERCENT AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. LOOK FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SHOWERS. DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....83 AT REQUEST...MIN 63. MAX HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 62 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 21 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 14 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........7 9 13 15 18 23 26 31 41 51 61 72 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TEMP............83 80 77 75 73 71 70 68 66 64 64 65 RH..............21 25 29 33 38 42 46 50 54 58 58 58 GENERAL WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW GENERAL WIND SPD..17 17 17 13 13 13 10 10 10 10 10 10 GENERAL WIND GST..40 40 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 68. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 44 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........77 78 80 81 83 85 86 75 54 43 36 21 WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............65 63 60 59 58 59 60 59 59 58 59 60 RH..............60 62 67 69 71 68 65 63 60 58 53 48 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W GENERAL WIND SPD..9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 GENERAL WIND GST..20 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...RJT REQUESTED BY...CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090520.BLACK.01/MQT