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SPOT FORECAST FOR CURTIS PINE FUELS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
700 AM EDT SUN APR 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
STATE TODAY FROM THE NORTHWEST...BRINGING A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER
THROUGH TONIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WITHIN THIS HIGH
PRESSURE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 30 PERCENT TODAY. WIND GUSTS
WILL INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON AS MIXING TAKES PLACE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
                    TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 10 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 20
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11500 FT AGL.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (1200) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT
                    (3000).

TIME (EDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........18     18     18
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............54     58     58
RH..............32     27     26
20 FT WIND......SW 9   SW 12  NW 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5
SMOKE DISP......1200   2500   3000

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........18     18     18     18     22     22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............57     50     43     39     36     34
RH..............27     33     47     57     61     66
20 FT WIND......NW 8   N 7    N 4    N 1    N 0    N 1
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........22     33     33     33     38     38
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............33     34     44     51     55     55
RH..............72     72     43     30     26     29
20 FT WIND......N 1    NE 2   NE 4   E 6    E 7    E 7
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      10     10     15     15

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FORECASTER...JEFF ZOLTOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100411.CURTI.02/APX