FNUS73 KMQT 241337 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR THE DRAKE FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 937 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0810 CDT ON AUGUST 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN EARLY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL. SHOULD SEE WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH BY MID MORNING AND THEN INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THEY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. UNDER SUNNY SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...EXPECT MIXING INTO DRIER AIR ALOFT TO ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL TOWARDS 30 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. AROUND THAT TIME...CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND SHOULD KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FROM FALLING MUCH LOWER. ALONG WITH THE CLOUDS...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEEING A FEW SPRINKLES THIS EVENING...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY ACCUMULATION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW NORTHWEST WINDS TO DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FALL BELOW 10 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHTER WEST- NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ONLY FALLING TO 40 PERCENT UNDER COOLER TEMPERATURES. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73 AT REQUEST...MAX 78. MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 33 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 15 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 17 TO 22 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 31 TO 53 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (792) AT REQUEST. MAX...EXCELLENT (3178). RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........13 15 31 46 55 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............73 74 76 77 77 RH..............71 57 42 33 38 GENERAL WIND....W 12 NW 17 NW 18 NW 18 NW 17 GENERAL GUST....25 30 30 35 30 VINDX KT-FT/100.792 1676 2522 3058 3067 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 52. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 97 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 28 TO 52 MPH BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 37 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (2419) DECREASING TO POOR (10). RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........69 66 60 57 47 35 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 64 58 57 55 53 RH..............47 63 79 86 90 97 GENERAL WIND....NW 11 NW 11 NW 9 NW 7 NW 7 NW 7 GENERAL GUST....25 25 20 15 15 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.2419 1286 452 68 19 63 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 75. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 43 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 11 TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (609) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (825) BY LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (310) EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........26 24 22 21 17 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 63 70 74 75 74 RH..............88 66 51 44 43 47 GENERAL WIND....NW 7 NW 7 NW 7 NW 7 NW 7 NW 5 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 15 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.194 609 825 790 726 475 $$ FORECASTER...SRF REQUESTED BY...BRIAN SABIN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110824.THEDR.01/MQT