FNUS73 KGRR 282036
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SCHLEE WPA...US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
436 PM EDT WED APR 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DEVELOPING THEN INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF A
DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BRING HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND
70 ON THURSDAY AND AROUND 80 ON FRIDAY.

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY APPROACH
CRITICAL LEVELS AROUND 25 PERCENT WITH SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING
UP TO 30 MPH.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FRIDAY SHOULD BE A BIT HIGHER FROM 35 TO
45 PERCENT BUT IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY WITH WINDS FROM THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST AND SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH TOWARD
                    DAYBREAK.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1200-1700 FT
                    AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....400-700 (GOOD TO EXCELLENT) DECREASING TO 0-200
                    (POOR TO FAIR).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
                    TEMPERATURE.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MARINO
REQUESTED BY...GARY LINDSAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100429.SCHLE.01/GRR