FNUS73 KMQT 252021 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR PINERY...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 421 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1607 EDT ON MAY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER JAMES BAY AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL ALLOW SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING NEAR 20 PERCENT TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE DRY AIR FINALLY WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING MOISTURE LATE TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS WORKING INTO THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY...THEN CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 65 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (816) DECREASING TO POOR (79) BY LATE EVENING. LAL.................1. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........50 49 47 45 46 47 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 59 53 50 48 46 RH..............28 37 45 51 57 64 GENERAL WIND....SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 SE 9 SE 9 SE 9 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100.1019 512 186 247 160 96 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 3 3 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 59. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 56 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO 12 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 11 TO 25 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (373). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.11 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........48 59 74 86 88 90 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............46 52 56 58 58 58 RH..............65 59 56 58 58 60 GENERAL WIND....S 7 S 7 S 6 SE 6 SE 6 E 7 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.91 209 300 353 373 348 MIX HGT (FT)....500 1200 1900 2200 2300 2300 HAINES INDEX....3 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...VOSS REQUESTED BY...WILL WIGGINS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090525.PINER.01/MQT