FNUS73 KMQT 061552
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MONKEY FIST RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1152 AM EDT WED OCT 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON OCTOBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL SWEEP THROUGH
THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED CLOUDS AND
SPRINKLES ARE POSSIBLE AS THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. THE MAIN
IMPACT THOUGH WILL BE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING AND
HUMIDITY FALLING TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE REST
OF THE WORK WEEK RESULTING IN MAINLY CLEAR SKIES...MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 70S...AND HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW
AS 20 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY.
MORE CLOUD COVER THIS WEEKEND WILL LEAD TO COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND INCREASING HUMIDITY...BUT CHANCES OF RAIN WILL REMAIN LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 24 TO 36 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (36).
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1600 FT AGL.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........28     22     13     7      6      5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     51     48     46     45     43
RH..............62     81     91     97     100    100
GENERAL WIND....NW 11  NW 11  NW 11  NW 10  NW 10  NW 10
GENERAL GUST....20     20     20     20     20     20
VINDX KT-FT/100.425    154    36     63     65     51
MIX HGT (FT)....1600   600    100    300    300    200
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      5      5      5

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 21 TO 35 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (319) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (452)
                    INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (934) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300-2000 FT
                    AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3900 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........4      5      6      7      10     14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............44     50     56     62     64     64
RH..............99     76     58     45     43     44
GENERAL WIND....NW 10  NW 10  NW 12  NW 12  NW 12  NW 10
GENERAL GUST....20     20     25     25     25     20
VINDX KT-FT/100.65     217    452    711    934    752
MIX HGT (FT)....300    900    2000   3100   3900   3000
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...DLG
REQUESTED BY...PATTY CARRICK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101007.MONKE.01/MQT