FNUS73 KMQT 141254 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DOE LAKE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 854 AM EDT MON SEP 14 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH ACROSS THE BURN AREA TUESDAY MORNING. NO PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. IN ITS WAKE...ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO TUESDAY. AS A RESULT OF THESE CHANGES... NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHEAST TUESDAY...BUT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BOTH DAYS WILL BE UNDER 10 MPH. EXPECT CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY AND TUESDAY. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY...BUT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE SIMILAR. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL APPROACH OR REACH 100 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 AT IGNITION...MAX 78. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 52 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 27 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (458) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (760) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (848) BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........24 20 17 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 76 76 74 RH..............57 54 55 58 GENERAL WIND....NW 7 NW 9 NW 9 N 7 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.760 840 769 544 HAINES INDEX....3 4 5 5 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 50 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......VARIABLE WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 11 MPH BY LATE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 TO 18 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (471) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (613) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........13 16 20 23 19 14 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 63 69 69 69 63 RH..............97 67 54 52 50 62 GENERAL WIND....NW 3 NW 3 N 6 N 9 N 9 NE 8 GENERAL GUST....5 5 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.20 95 304 613 489 297 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...ROLFSON REQUESTED BY...LINDA PETERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090914.DOELA.01/MQT