FNUS73 KMQT 050747 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND POINT...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 347 AM EDT TUE OCT 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON OCTOBER 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE AT THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE AT SAND POINT THIS WEEK. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BOOST TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO THE MIDDLE 60S WHILE LOWS TONIGHT WILL END UP AROUND 50 DEGREES AS THE SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO STIR. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE BURN SITE AROUND 1000 WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT RAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...BUT A WETTING RAIN DOES NOT LOOK LIKELY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 12 MPH BY LATE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (134) AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR (211). MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...AND TO 2200-3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT OR LESS. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCH. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........10 5 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 66 66 63 RH..............40 32 34 39 GENERAL WIND....W 6 SW 6 SW 5 SW 5 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.134 206 193 82 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 3400 3200 1200 WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......VARIABLE WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........5 5 5 5 20 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 56 53 52 51 50 RH..............42 54 63 73 77 80 GENERAL WIND....SE 3 SE 3 S 5 S 6 S 6 SW 6 GENERAL GUST.... .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 50 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 11 TO 29 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (331). MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1800-3400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE HEIGHT.........1 FOOT OR LESS. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....NONE TO 0.01 INCH. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........51 52 52 53 41 26 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 54 59 63 65 64 RH..............78 73 66 58 52 52 GENERAL WIND....SW 7 SW 7 W 10 NW 10 NW 10 NW 10 GENERAL GUST.... 15 20 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100.53 26 144 263 309 302 MIX HGT (FT)....300 100 1000 2600 3400 2700 WAVE HEIGHT (FT)0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...WIGGINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101005.SANDP.02/MQT