FNUS73 KMQT 061214 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR VOLKER BLOWDOWN...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 814 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON JULY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL RESULT IN MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS TODAY ALONG WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND MIXING WILL HELP LOWER AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. AS THE HIGH SAGS TO THE SOUTHEAST...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB SLIGHTLY THURSDAY ALONG WITH SLOWLY INCREASING AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...INTO THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE THURSDAY. SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY ALONG CONVERGENT LAKE BREEZES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77 AT IGNITION...MAX 79. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (669) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (985) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (985) BY LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (472) LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 7000-8100 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........36 34 27 21 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............77 78 78 77 RH..............41 36 33 34 GENERAL WIND....N 7 NE 7 NE 6 NE 6 GENERAL GUST....10 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.985 887 630 303 MIX HGT (FT)....7600 8100 7900 7600 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 53. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 88 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......EAST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 MPH OR LESS LATE. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 TO 18 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........18 17 16 15 17 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 68 63 59 57 54 RH..............38 52 64 71 77 88 GENERAL WIND....E 5 E 5 NE 3 N 3 N 3 W 4 GENERAL GUST....10 10 5 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.202 109 0 33 33 2 MIX HGT (FT)....6700 2200 BLW100 300 300 BLW100 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 79. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 37 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........22 33 47 58 57 54 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............59 67 77 78 79 78 RH..............76 59 42 38 37 40 GENERAL WIND....SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 SW 7 SW 7 SE 6 GENERAL GUST....10 10 15 15 15 10 $$ FORECASTER...VOSS REQUESTED BY...BRYCE AVERY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110706.VOLKE.01/MQT