FNUS73 KGRR 041744
FWSGRR

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1328 EDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE BEFORE
8 PM...BUT DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DEWPOINTS AND HUMIDITIY LEVELS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
                    TEMPERATURE.........85 AT INCIDENT...MAX 85.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT AT INCIDENT...MIN 57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 12 MPH AT INCIDENT...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 13 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL AT INCIDENT...OTHERWISE 2800-3300
                    FT AGL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....68.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 16 TO
                    25 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 21 TO 26
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 15
                    MPH IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400-7900 FT
                    AGL...THEN DECREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN THE
                    EVENING.

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FORECASTER...93
REQUESTED BY...NATHAN JERUZAL
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100804.KALAM.02/GRR