FNUS73 KMQT 291200 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR HQ NORTH WHITE PINE...MICHIGAN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 800 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON JUNE 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SETTLING OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROVIDE A WARM...DRY DAY UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AT THE FIRE SITE. TEMPERATURES AT THE FIRE SITE WILL TOP OUT NEAR 80 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AROUND 35 PERCENT. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND PERHAPS A BIT OF CUMULUS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SIMILAR TEMPERATURES...BUT HIGHER HUMIDITY AND MORE CLOUDS ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 AT IGNITION...MAX 79. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 2 TO 7 MPH AT IGNITION BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH BY 1600. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (159) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (378). MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...AND TO 5800 FT AGL BY LATE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........30 32 32 32 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 76 76 75 RH..............36 34 35 41 GENERAL WIND....NE 3 SE 3 S 5 S 5 GENERAL GUST.... 5 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.159 173 168 378 MIX HGT (FT)....5300 5800 5600 5400 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 54. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...DECREASING TO POOR (7). MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-100 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........32 36 40 44 46 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............74 67 62 59 57 54 RH..............46 57 66 73 80 90 GENERAL WIND....S 5 S 3 S 3 S 3 S 2 S 4 GENERAL GUST....10 8 VINDX KT-FT/100.436 189 36 28 26 15 MIX HGT (FT)....4800 2100 400 300 200 100 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 78. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 49 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................2. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....NONE TO 0.02 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........50 52 56 58 56 54 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............59 67 76 77 78 77 RH..............79 63 49 50 49 51 GENERAL WIND....S 6 S 6 S 8 S 10 S 10 S 11 GENERAL GUST....15 15 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...BRYCE AVERY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110629.HQNOR.01/MQT