FNUS73 KGRR 010018
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR STILES SWAMP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
818 PM EDT FRI APR 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2004 EDT ON APRIL 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE SITE TONIGHT.
MAINLY THE RAIN IS EXPECTED AFTER 1 AM AND COULD LAST UNTIL 8 AM.
RAINFALL AT THE STILES SWAMP SITE SHOULD BE AROUND ONE TO TWO
TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SPEEDS THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING WILL BE
AROUND 15 MPH...THEN IT WILL DROP OFF TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1 AM.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........73 AT REQUEST...MIN 62.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 18 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 21 TO 29 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 18
                    TO 22 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE 2400-2900 FT
                    AGL DECREASING TO 1000-1500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....400-800 (GOOD TO EXCELLENT) DECREASING TO
                    200-300 (FAIR TO GOOD) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDDAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    MIDDAY.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 37
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-3400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900-7400 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 4500 FT
                    AGL IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL
                    FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....200-300 (FAIR TO GOOD) INCREASING TO 700
                    (EXCELLENT) FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 1500 (EXCELLENT)
                    THROUGH MID AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 2300-2700
                    (EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT) THROUGH MID AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 2000 (EXCELLENT) DECREASING TO
                    1400 (EXCELLENT) IN THE EVENING.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JK
REQUESTED BY...TOM VIERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100430.STILE.01/GRR