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FWSAPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE BEES 10...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
939 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0855 EDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE COLD FRONT IN THE PROCESS OF SLIPPING
THROUGH NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS MORNING...USHERING IN NOTICEABLY
COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TODAY
WILL REACH THE LOWER 70S...A GOOD 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN
THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS.

MEANWHILE...COOLER AIR SLIDING OVER THE FAIRLY WARM GREAT LAKES
WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED RAIN SHOWER POSSIBILITIES AT THE BURN SITE
THROUGH THIS MORNING. BUT A MUCH DRIER INCOMING AIRMASS SHOULD
BRING AN END TO THE SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL AS LEAD TO A
DECREASING CLOUD TREND AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...GENERALLY UNDER 10 MPH. BUT A
FEW GUSTS INTO THE 12 MPH TO 15 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
THIS MORNING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) DECREASING TO
                    20 TO 30 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS UNTIL MIDDAY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH TO 10 MPH.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........22  40  58  77  71  65  59  54  49  45
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............57  60  63  66  67  69  70  72  73  73
RH..............82  74  65  58  52  47  43  38  35  34
20 FT WIND DIR..NW  NW  NW  N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT WIND SPD..4   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....46.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
TEMP............71  69  67  61  57  54  52  51  50  49  48  47
RH..............34  36  40  51  64  76  82  80  80  82  85  88

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FORECASTER...BRIAN ADAM
REQUESTED BY...JOHN ELLIOTT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100806.BLUEB.01/APX