FNUS73 KGRR 191809
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR KALAMAZOO OIL...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
209 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1346 EDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCE OF
SEEING PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY
AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. FARTHER SOUTH...ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MUCH
LESS COMMONPLACE. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE PRESENT...SOME
AREAS WILL STAY MOSTLY DRY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN IN SOUTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN WILL COME SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL
REMAIN WARM WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 12
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 10
                    MPH...THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 21 MPH LATE IN
                    THE DAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400-4900 FT AGL.

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FORECASTER...JB
REQUESTED BY...DAN COBB
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100819.KALAM.02/GRR