FNUS73 KMQT 171230 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR SENEY OUTREACH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 830 AM EDT MON MAY 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 EDT ON MAY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO DRY WEATHER OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE 4 TO 7 DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY...OR ABOUT 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. LAKE BREEZES WILL DOMINATE...WITH THE LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE BREEZE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE FIRE BETWEEN 1400 AND 1500...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WIND AFTER 1500. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48 AT IGNITION...MAX 74. MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS INCREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH BY LATE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6...OR MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 1 TO 9 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (29) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (344). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800-5500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6900-7700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5600 FT AGL LATE DECREASING TO 3600 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........24 26 28 30 32 34 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............41 56 69 71 73 72 RH..............77 47 28 23 25 26 GENERAL WIND....SE 4 SE 4 SE 6 SE 6 NE 8 NE 6 GENERAL GUST.... 10 13 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.13 61 188 344 232 225 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1200 3800 6900 7700 5600 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 84 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 MPH OR LESS BY LATE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (10). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........36 35 34 33 34 34 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............68 59 52 48 45 43 RH..............30 44 56 61 71 80 GENERAL WIND....NE 5 NE 4 NE 3 N 3 N 3 N 3 GENERAL GUST.... VINDX KT-FT/100.130 41 12 25 23 14 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 500 100 300 300 200 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 24 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (335). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6100-7700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6500-8400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5000 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........35 38 42 45 41 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 59 72 74 75 75 RH..............80 45 28 25 24 24 GENERAL WIND....N 5 N 5 N 5 N 5 N 5 N 5 GENERAL GUST.... 10 11 12 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.23 51 157 309 333 327 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1000 3900 7700 8300 6500 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...KF REQUESTED BY...GARY LINDSAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100517.SENEY.01/MQT