FNUS73 KGRR 061414
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EAGLE PRAIRIE...MI DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1014 AM EDT FRI MAY 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SHOWERS
TODAY AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER MOST OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    ...THEN BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL FROM
                    LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 10700 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE 10600-11100 FT AGL
                    DECREASING TO 7900 FT AGL IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....100-400 (POOR TO GOOD) INCREASING TO 800
                    (EXCELLENT) FROM LATE MORNING ...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 1300 (EXCELLENT) AROUND NOON
                    INCREASING TO 1800 (EXCELLENT) EARLY
                    AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 2300-2600 (EXCELLENT
                    TO EXCELLENT) INCREASING TO 2400-2800
                    (EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT) IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 1900 (EXCELLENT).

TIME (EDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........73     73     73
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............58     59     59
RH..............56     50     48
20 FT WIND......W 12   W 14   W 12
20 FT GUST......25     25     25

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FORECASTER...JK
REQUESTED BY...LEE OSTERLAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110506.EAGLE.01/GRR