FNUS73 KMQT 170837 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR BARAGA HOUSING...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 437 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MAY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WITH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING OVER THE AREA TODAY...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES AT THE FIRE SITE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S AS DEW POINTS FALL TO AROUND 20 DEGREES. THIS WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. THE NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH LAND INFLUENCE UPWIND OFF THE HURON MOUNTAINS TO LIMIT MUCH OF THE MARINE INFLUENCE ON TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS. MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY...WHEN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONLY DROP TO AROUND 40 PERCENT AT THE FIRE SITE. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....54 AT IGNITION...MAX 57. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 17 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (324) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (468). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1900-3100 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING. TIME (EDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........0 0 4 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............54 55 56 56 RH..............33 28 25 26 GENERAL WIND....NE 8 NE 10 NE 10 NE 8 GENERAL GUST....15 20 20 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.324 468 438 327 MIX HGT (FT)....2900 3100 2900 2300 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 76 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......EAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 14 TO 20 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (25). MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1500 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........10 13 18 21 27 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 47 42 39 37 36 RH..............29 39 50 58 65 73 GENERAL WIND....E 6 E 6 E 5 E 3 E 3 NE 3 GENERAL GUST....15 15 10 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.196 92 26 38 35 27 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 600 200 300 300 200 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BY EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 62. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 40 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 14 TO 20 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (477) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (652) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200-3800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........41 47 54 60 66 73 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............37 49 58 60 61 61 RH..............72 51 40 40 42 45 GENERAL WIND....NE 5 NE 5 NE 7 NE 9 NE 9 NE 8 GENERAL GUST....10 10 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.30 40 249 652 571 376 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 1800 3800 3400 2500 $$ FORECASTER...TITUS REQUESTED BY...WILL WIGGINS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110516.BARAG.01/MQT