FNUS73 KMQT 081215 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR WALL RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 815 AM EDT FRI OCT 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON OCTOBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO BOTTOM OUT AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AT THE FIRE SITE. ALTHOUGH A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ALLOWING SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO INVADE THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...PLAN ON SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM ONTARIO COULD BRING SOME ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30-35 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS WEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH AFTER 1400. HAINES INDEX........5...OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 18 TO 37 MPH DECREASING TO 13 TO 26 MPH BY LATE MORNING. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (30) AT IGNITION INCREASING TO GOOD (300) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 1600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........10 10 20 20 30 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 60 67 69 68 61 RH..............80 48 37 35 40 59 GENERAL WIND....W 7 W 7 W 8 NW 7 NW 7 NW 6 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 15 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.40 50 230 300 250 100 MIX HGT (FT)....300 200 1000 1500 1500 1000 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 96 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (11). MIXING HEIGHT.......100-400 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........30 29 29 28 28 29 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 57 52 48 44 41 RH..............69 70 78 87 94 96 GENERAL WIND....NW 6 NW 6 NE 6 NE 7 NE 7 E 6 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 15 15 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.71 40 33 33 28 16 MIX HGT (FT)....400 300 200 300 300 200 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 41 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (80) INCREASING TO GOOD (250) BY LATE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-3600 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE DAY. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........29 30 31 32 30 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 46 54 59 60 58 RH..............90 70 52 44 41 46 GENERAL WIND....E 6 E 6 E 6 E 6 E 6 SE 6 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.80 190 250 210 160 130 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1300 2500 3300 3600 2600 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 3 2 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...PATTY CARRICK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101008.WALLR.01/MQT