FNUS73 KGRR 231445
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR BORMAN KNAPWEED...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1045 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON JUNE 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. A ROUND OF STORMS WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING...AND THESE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME HEAVY
RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS BATCH OF STORMS WILL THEN MOVE OUT
OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
FIRE ALONG A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE
HAIL...AND EVEN A TORNADO WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE DAY ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING MORE COMFORTABLE AIR IN ACROSS
THE AREA.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDDAY...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........76 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 TO
                    17 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 800-1300 FT
                    AGL.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....100-200 (POOR TO FAIR).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1100 FT AGL.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....0-200 (POOR TO FAIR).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800-6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4100 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.....100-300 (POOR TO GOOD) INCREASING TO 600-1000
                    (EXCELLENT)...THEN DECREASING TO
                    400 (GOOD) IN THE EVENING.

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FORECASTER...TURNAGE
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN SHERRETZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100623.BORMA.01/GRR