FNUS73 KGRR 041020
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR KALAMAZOO OIL...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
620 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0615 EDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL STICK AROUND FOR
ANOTHER DAY BEFORE DRIER AIR ARRIVES THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE
PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN WILL ONLY BE
SCATTERED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 TODAY AND TONIGHT. THEN
ONLY A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME WITH THE FRONT ON THURSDAY.
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY READINGS WILL ARRIVE BEHIND
THE FRONT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDDAY...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 MPH
                    LATE IN THE DAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300-5800 FT AGL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....68.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700-1200 FT AGL.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 26
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL FROM
                    LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 7200-7700 FT AGL DECREASING TO
                    5100 FT AGL IN THE EVENING.

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FORECASTER...OSTUNO
REQUESTED BY...NATHAN JERUZAL
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100804.KALAM.01/GRR