FNUS73 KMQT 051201
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSON PLAINS OPENING...MI DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
801 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 EDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...EXPECT THE LAKE
MICHIGAN LAKE BREEZE TO MOVE THROUGH IN THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY
AFTERNOON AT THE BURN SITE...REINFORCING THE SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
BRINGING MODERATED AIR OFF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE MODERATED LAKE AIR WILL
KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HIGHER THAN INLAND AREAS...WITH MINIMUM
VALUES AROUND 55 PERCENT. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO POP UP THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT NO RAIN IS EXPECTED. CHANCES OF RAIN WILL INCREASE
LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER
THE NORTHERN PLAINS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
EXCEEDING ONE- QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS INCREASING TO
                    SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 13 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (239) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (309).

TIME (EDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........27     25     29     35
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............77     81     82     81
RH..............62     55     57     59
GENERAL WIND....S 6    S 7    S 7    S 6
GENERAL GUST....10     15     15     15
VINDX KT-FT/100.161    309    267    179

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FORECASTER...TITUS
REQUESTED BY...ALLAN KETO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110805.THOMP.01/MQT