FNUS73 KAPX 171341 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUEBIRD PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 841 AM EST FRI DEC 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EST ON DECEMBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES FROM TIME TO TIME. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WILL OCCUR IN THE WINDS TODAY... RESULTING IN HIGH CONFIDENCE. THE WIND GUSTS INDICATED BELOW WILL ONLY BE OCCASIONAL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). PERIODS OF FLURRIES. TEMPERATURE.........26 AT IGNITION...MAX 30. RH..................84 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (300) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (700). TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............24 26 27 28 28 28 28 26 RH..............84 79 79 78 78 77 75 77 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 15 15 SMOKE DISP......200 300 400 500 600 700 700 700 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 18. RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........99 92 92 92 92 92 92 78 78 78 78 78 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............24 23 23 23 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 20 RH..............77 74 71 68 68 65 68 68 68 68 68 71 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED FLURRIES. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 27. RH..................MIN 62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........78 70 70 70 87 87 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP............20 19 21 24 26 25 RH..............67 70 71 68 62 62 20 FT WIND......SW 8 SW 8 SW 9 SW 10 SW 10 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...JEFF HALBLAUB REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101217.BLUEB.01/APX