FNUS73 KAPX 052101
FWSAPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR JIMNY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
501 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. OUTSIDE OF A PERIOD OF CLOUDS AND
A FEW POSSIBLE SPRINKLES THURSDAY...THE WEATHER WILL BE RAIN FREE UNDER
MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
A WARM FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION ON FRIDAY MAY KICK OFF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA... WITH
OTHER AREAS REMAINING RAIN FREE. HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO FRIDAY WILL
MAINLY BE IN THE 70S...AND BELOW AVERAGE FOR EARLY AUGUST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SPRINKLES LATE IN THE NIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SPRINKLES UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 13 TO
                    18 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4.

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FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS
REQUESTED BY...JOE ALYEA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090806.JIMNY.01/APX