FNUS73 KAPX 061154 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR CURTIS PINE FUELS...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 754 AM EDT THU MAY 6 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0740 EDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY THAN YESTERDAY... CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO MORE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 17 TO 24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-5000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (700) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (1000). TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........72 87 94 94 81 81 81 51 51 51 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 49 49 51 53 55 56 57 57 57 57 RH..............68 66 61 56 50 45 43 40 38 36 34 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 10 12 13 12 11 9 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 SMOKE DISP......400 700 800 800 900 900 800 800 900 10001000 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....38. MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........33 33 37 37 37 37 37 37 83 83 83 83 WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST FST TEMP............56 54 52 49 46 44 43 42 41 40 40 39 RH..............34 34 38 42 47 51 53 53 55 56 60 64 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........83 68 68 68 100 100 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PERIOD PERIOD WEATHER TYPE....FROST NONE NONE NONE RAIN RAIN TEMP............39 41 46 49 50 50 RH..............66 65 54 52 58 60 20 FT WIND......NE 2 NE 4 NE 6 E 6 E 7 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 15 15 20 $$ FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100506.CURTI.01/APX