FNUS73 KAPX 061137 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST WAGNER LAKE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 737 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS FROM LAST NIGHT ARE EXITING THE AREA ATTM. ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE DAY. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF WEATHER...THICKER CLOUD DOES EXIT AND THE SKIES SHOULD THIN TO WHERE AT LEAST SOME FILTERED SUN APPEARS. THE OVERALL DAMP CONDITIONS WILL NOT DRY UP MUCH WITHOUT GOOD SUN. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE TROUBLE TODAY...UNLESS THE SUN DOES DECIDE AND COME OUT. THE INCREASED MIXING WOULD ALLOW FOR STRONGER GUSTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. AM SIDING WITH MORE CLOUD THAN MORE SUN. THAT SAID...THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE SKY COVERAGE LATER. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS EXITING NOW...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS REST OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 77. RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 18 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........86 77 77 77 69 69 69 61 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............61 65 68 70 72 73 75 75 RH..............72 68 61 57 53 51 48 48 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 20 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...SCOTT DICKSON REQUESTED BY...WARNER VANDERHEUEL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100906.EASTW.01/APX