FNUS73 KAPX 181140 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRITT PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 640 AM EST TUE JAN 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF MICHIGAN TODAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO AN END. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL TRY TO GET GOING BEHIND THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER...HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND NORTH LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT FROM REALLY TAKING OFF. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........27 AT IGNITION...MAX 30. RH..................89 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 900-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (200) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (500). TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 93 93 93 93 93 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TEMP............27 28 29 30 30 30 29 28 RH..............89 82 76 70 67 64 63 61 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 SMOKE DISP......200 300 400 400 500 500 500 500 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 6. RH..................MAX 87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 TO 22 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN FAIR(200). TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........93 100 100 100 100 100 100 71 71 71 71 71 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TEMP............25 23 21 19 18 16 14 12 11 11 10 10 RH..............64 65 66 67 67 72 78 84 84 79 79 77 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISP......500 500 500 500 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 200 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 17. RH..................MIN 61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX FAIR(200). TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........71 65 65 65 46 46 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............10 7 10 14 16 16 RH..............76 87 80 72 65 61 20 FT WIND......N 7 N 7 N 6 N 6 N 5 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 10 SMOKE DISP......200 200 200 100 100 100 $$ FORECASTER...ANDREW SULLIVAN REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110118.BRITT.01/APX