FNUS73 KMQT 240943 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR PINERY...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 543 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0513 EDT ON MAY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTING OVERHEAD TODAY WILL RESULT IN A DEVELOPING LAKE BREEZE OFF KEWEENAW BAY BY NOON. FULL SUNSHINE ALLOWS ANY INVERSION TO QUICKLY MIX OUT BY MID MORNING AND WITH THE MIXING AND DRY AIR ALOFT... HUMIDITIES SHOULD LOWER TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR TONIGHT WITH SOME FROST POSSIBLE. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS TO THE EAST ON MONDAY...EXPECT A STEADY SOUTHEAST WIND. ANOTHER DRY DAY ALSO OCCURS WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AGAIN. THE DRY AIR FINALLY GIVES WAY TO INCREASING MOISTURE LATE MONDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE PINERY FIRE AREA ON TUESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 69. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 19 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS INCREASING TO NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6...OR MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 12 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (463) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (625) IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6800-8000 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........0 1 3 6 6 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 53 64 67 68 68 RH..............80 46 28 20 19 19 GENERAL WIND....W 4 W 4 NW 6 N 7 N 7 N 7 GENERAL GUST....5 5 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.18 180 377 526 559 593 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2600 5400 7500 8000 7400 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 6 6 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 36. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 77 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS BY LATE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 9 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). LAL.................1. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........0 6 13 16 25 38 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST FROST TEMP............64 55 47 43 40 38 RH..............23 36 49 56 64 75 GENERAL WIND....NE 5 NE 5 SE 4 SE 5 SE 5 SE 4 GENERAL GUST....10 10 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.490 252 80 8 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 .MEMORIAL DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6...OR MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 26 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (505) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1154). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400-7700 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........47 48 48 49 53 58 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 53 64 68 69 68 RH..............74 41 26 21 20 21 GENERAL WIND....E 5 E 5 SE 6 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 GENERAL GUST....10 10 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.18 193 505 773 1074 1154 MIX HGT (FT)....300 3000 5400 7000 7700 7600 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 6 6 5 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...WILL WIGGINS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090524.PINER.01/MQT