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SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 7...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
352 PM EDT SAT APR 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1535 EDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP OVER THE STATE THIS EVENING...
EXITING EAST INTO LAKE HURON TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE A
FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE BURN SITE THIS EVENING. BREEZY SOUTHWEST
WINDS THIS EVENING...TO TURN WEST/NORTHWEST TONIGHT BEHIND THE EASTWARD
EXITING SYSTEM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS
                    TO 24 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 23 TO 32 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-800 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MIN 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0).

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........72  75  75  75  75  65  65  65  26  26  26  20
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW  RW
TEMP............57  55  53  50  46  44  43  42  41  38  35  35
RH..............36  40  43  52  63  68  67  67  65  70  78  78
20 FT WIND DIR..SW   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..15  12  10  9   8   7   7   6   5   4   4   4
20 FT WIND GUST.20  20  20  20  20  15  15  10  10  10  10  10
HAINES INDEX....4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SMOKE DISP......1100700 400 300 200 100 100 0   0   0   0   0

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO
                    22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8300-10000 FT AGL.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX EXCELLENT(1700).

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........20  20  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............35  35  36  41  46  51  53  56  57  58  58  58
RH..............78  78  75  59  47  37  33  29  27  25  25  25
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT WIND SPD..4   4   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
HAINES INDEX....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SMOKE DISP......0   0   0   200 800 1400160017001500150015001400

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FORECASTER...SCOTT ROZANSKI
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100410.UNIT7.02/APX