FNUS73 KAPX 141155 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRITT PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 655 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL FLURRIES EXPECTED TODAY...MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW DEVELOPS LATER TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...BECOMING WESTERLY WITH GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). OCCASIONAL FLURRIES. TEMPERATURE.........16 AT IGNITION...MAX 25. RH..................84 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2500-4000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (300) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (400). TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 78 78 78 78 78 WEATHER COV.....OCL OCL OCL OCL OCL OCL OCL OCL WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TEMP............16 18 21 23 23 23 23 21 RH..............84 80 74 71 74 74 74 81 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 SMOKE DISP......300 300 400 400 400 300 300 300 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). OCCASIONAL FLURRIES EARLY IN THE EVENING. SNOW IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 19. RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS..... SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MISSING. TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........78 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....OCL DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....SW SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN TEMP............19 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 RH..............84 71 68 71 71 71 74 74 74 74 74 74 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISP......M M M M M M M M M M M M .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOW EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 22. RH..................MIN 71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 25 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS..... SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MISSING. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE OCNL OCNL WEATHER TYPE....SNOW SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP............20 19 20 21 22 22 RH..............74 84 92 88 77 74 20 FT WIND......S 7 SW 8 SW 10 W 11 W 12 W 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 25 25 25 SMOKE DISP......M M M M M M $$ FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110114.BRITT.01/APX