FNUS73 KGRR 061006
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR KALAMAZOO OIL...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
606 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0555 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. HOWEVER...MUCH OF
THE RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON. ANY
OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE BRIEF WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS REMAINING
UNDER A QUARTER INCH.  HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM
THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER 80S.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL RETURN LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
AS A STRONG FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.  WINDS WITH THE FRONT WILL
BECOME VERY GUSTY INTO TUESDAY...AND AN INCREASED RISK FOR SUSTAINED
WINDS OVER 25 MPH DOES EXIST.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS UNTIL MIDDAY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 22 MPH
                    THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 26
                    TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE DAY DECREASING TO AROUND
                    20 MPH IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-4700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL IN
                    THE EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 64.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 21 MPH
                    TOWARD DAYBREAK.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-400 FT AGL.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDDAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79.
RH..................MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    MIDDAY.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 23 TO 31 MPH INCREASING TO 33 TO 37
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300-4800 FT AGL.


.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 30 TO 38 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-3700 FT AGL.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-4700 FT AGL.



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FORECASTER...MJS
REQUESTED BY...KARI FLEEGEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20100906.KALAM.01/GRR