FNUS73 KAPX 041149 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRITT PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 649 AM EST FRI MAR 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. THE FIRE SITE WILL SEE MAINLY OFF-AND-ON FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...GIVING WAY TO JUST RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE MOST OF THE DAY...BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE TOWARD EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........28 AT IGNITION...MAX 35. RH..................81 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 800-1300 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (100) AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR (200). TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....FZR FZR FZR RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............28 30 31 33 34 35 35 35 RH..............81 78 81 78 78 78 82 82 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 4 4 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SMOKE DISP......100 100 100 200 100 100 100 100 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(100). TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............35 34 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 RH..............82 85 89 85 88 88 88 85 85 85 88 88 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE E NE N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 2 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISP......100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 400 400 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN AND SNOW EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 30. RH..................MIN 61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP 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 CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW TEMP............30 30 29 29 29 29 RH..............92 88 85 81 81 75 20 FT WIND......N 7 N 9 N 12 N 11 N 12 N 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 25 25 25 SMOKE DISP......M M M M M M $$ FORECASTER...JEFF ZOLTOWSKI REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110304.BRITT.01/APX