FNUS73 KMQT 301920
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGAR LOAF...MI DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
320 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1437 EDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT STALLED OUT OVER UPPER MICHIGAN HAS
BEEN ENHANCED BY LAKE BREEZES OFF LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG
THIS BOUNDARY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD FORM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS...AND THUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS...WILL
BE LIMITED. MOIST DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S WILL KEEP
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE UPPER 40S FOR THE REST OF
TODAY AND THEN IN THE LOWER 60S ON WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING
OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER SMALL
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL
BE GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 52 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE.

TIME (EDT)      4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........51     57
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   TSTORM
TEMP............77     77
RH..............52     54
GENERAL WIND....E 7    E 7
GENERAL GUST....15     15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 84 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 14 TO 21 MPH BY LATE EVENING...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (19).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.03 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........62     61     61     60     56     52
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............73     69     66     65     64     62
RH..............62     71     78     79     81     84
GENERAL WIND....SE 6   SE 6   S 6    SW 7   SW 7   SW 7
GENERAL GUST....10     10     10     15     15     15
VINDX KT-FT/100.253    120    31     23     20     36

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 62 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........48     54     61     67     68     70
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............63     67     71     73     73     73
RH..............81     73     66     63     62     62
GENERAL WIND....SW 7   SW 7   S 7    SE 8   SE 8   SE 8
GENERAL GUST....15     15     15     15     15     15

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FORECASTER...VOSS
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE AVERY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.SUGAR.01/MQT