FNUS73 KMQT 251300 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR MARSH CREEK NORTH TEST COMP 1...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 900 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON JUNE 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES. OTHERWISE... EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO CLEAR BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE FRONT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO MORE NORTHWESTERLY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS REMAIN LIGHT THOUGH. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS MAY LEAD TO SOME HAZE OR FOG LATE TONIGHT AT THE REFUGE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MAINLY SUNNY SKIES ON FRIDAY WITH A NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY LATE. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76 AT IGNITION...MAX 80. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5...OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 9 MPH EARLY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 11 TO 19 MPH BY LATE MORNING. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (495) AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (673) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO POOR (120) BY EARLY EVENING. LAL.................2 UNTIL 1700...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN INCREASING TO 5200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...AND DECREASING TO 1100-2200 FT AGL LATE TODAY. TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........40 39 38 36 33 29 25 22 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............76 78 79 79 80 79 79 78 RH..............50 46 44 43 42 42 41 40 GENERAL WIND DIR..SW SW W W W NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100..495 644 673 646 551 391 262 120 MIX HGT (KFT)....3.5 4.6 5.2 5.0 4.2 3.3 2.2 1.1 HAINES INDEX.....5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 92 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........20 20 20 20 20 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 69 64 61 59 56 RH..............42 53 63 71 89 84 GENERAL WIND....NW 6 NW 6 NW 5 NW 2 NW 2 NW 3 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 5 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...GARY LINDSAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090625.MARSH.01/MQT