FNUS73 KMQT 191235 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH SCHAWE RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 835 AM EDT TUE OCT 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON OCTOBER 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY LEAVING WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN ALONG WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 50S. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 40 PERCENT. TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. MIN HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 33 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (60) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (439) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1230) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (427) EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........34 48 53 59 65 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 51 56 56 46 RH..............85 52 42 41 61 GENERAL WIND....W 10 W 10 W 10 W 8 W 8 GENERAL GUST....20 20 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100.60 795 1189 1189 427 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 34. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 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 (%).........67 68 70 71 68 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 42 39 37 36 35 RH..............64 75 86 94 98 100 GENERAL WIND....W 6 W 6 SW 6 SW 8 SW 8 SW 7 GENERAL GUST....10 10 15 15 15 15 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 59. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 41 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY LATE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH LATE. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........60 57 52 49 52 55 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............35 42 51 56 59 55 RH..............100 86 61 45 41 46 GENERAL WIND....W 10 W 10 W 14 W 16 W 16 NW 11 GENERAL GUST....20 20 30 30 30 25 $$ FORECASTER...JLB REQUESTED BY...LINDA PETERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101019.NORTH.01/MQT