FNUS73 KMQT 012031
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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOST LAKE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
431 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1616 EDT ON JUNE 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME NORTHWEST
EARLY THIS EVENING THEN VEER NORTHERLY LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES WEST TO EAST ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE
FRONT...MOVING INTO THE MUNISING/SHINGLETON AREA...MAINLY AFTER 6 PM.
THE FRONT WILL USHER IN COOLER DRYER AIR FOR WEDNESDAY WITH NORTHERLY
WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78 AT REQUEST...MAX 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 36 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 13 MPH AT
                    REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO
                    11 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1700...THEN 2.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.15 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........53     60
WEATHER COV.....       ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   TSTORM
TEMP............78     78
RH..............38     40
GENERAL WIND....SW 10  SW 9
GENERAL GUST....25     20
HAINES INDEX....5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH BY LATE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 16 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (71).
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2200...THEN 3 UNTIL 0200...THEN 1.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.21 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........76     77     78     80     81     83
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............74     66     60     56     54     51
RH..............44     57     70     77     83     90
GENERAL WIND....NW 5   NW 5   N 5    NE 4   NE 4   N 6
GENERAL GUST....10     10     10     5      5      10
VINDX KT-FT/100.561    210    120    118    102    79

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 44 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........84     73     59     48     46     44
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     58     62     63     64     63
RH..............87     68     55     50     45     44
GENERAL WIND....N 6    N 6    N 7    N 8    N 8    N 10
GENERAL GUST....10     10     15     15     15     20
HAINES INDEX....3      4      4      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...JLB
REQUESTED BY...LINDA PETERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100601.LOSTL.01/MQT