FNUS73 KMQT 141853
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK DAM FIRE...GLFFC/MIDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
253 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DISTURBANCE PRODUCING SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN IS SHIFTING EAST OF THE FIRE SITE. AS A RESULT...THE
THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL END AT THE ROCK DAM FIRE BY 4 PM EDT/3 PM
CDT. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY SHOULD REBOUND TO 95 TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT AND THEN DROP
TO AROUND 40 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE WELL
INTO THE 80S. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH ON SATURDAY.
A COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO CROSS UPPER MICHIGAN LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 62 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....NONE.

TIME (CDT)        3PM  4PM  5PM  6PM
SKY (%)...........68    44   42   38
WEATHER COV.......
WEATHER TYPE......
TEMP..............75    79   81   80
RH................71    65   62   64
GENERAL WIND DIR..SE    S    S    S
GENERAL WIND SPD..5     7    7    7
GENERAL WIND GST..11    15   15   15

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FORECASTER...ROLFSON
REQUESTED BY...J BURNHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090814.ROCKD.02/MQT