FNUS73 KGRR 301144
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SEARS TRACT...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
744 AM EDT FRI APR 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON APRIL 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB WELL INTO THE 70S TODAY.
MORNING SUNSHINE WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO MORE CLOUDS BY MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.  SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).
                    TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 29 TO 33 MPH
                    LATE IN THE DAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4600-5100
                    FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....100-400 (POOR TO GOOD) INCREASING TO 1600
                    (EXCELLENT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 29 TO 35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 24
                    TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 25 TO 33 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO 37
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MJS
REQUESTED BY...STEVE HATTING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100430.SEARS.01/GRR