FNUS73 KMQT 061203 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR LUCE CO LEASED LAND...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 803 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON OCTOBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...TODAY WILL SEE SUNNY SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH TODAY...BUT WILL INCREASE TO UP TO 25MPH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...BRINGING CONTINUED TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND DRY WEATHER. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS...BUT A WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY RAIN IS NOT LIKELY. DRY WEATHER RETURNS THEN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....67 AT IGNITION...MAX 71. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (115) AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR (157). MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 200-1700 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........10 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............67 70 70 64 RH..............58 51 50 63 GENERAL WIND....S 7 S 7 S 7 S 7 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.115 152 157 102 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 1700 1300 700 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 34 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (46). MIXING HEIGHT.......200-500 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM TEMP............64 61 59 57 56 55 RH..............65 70 74 75 77 80 GENERAL WIND....S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.71 47 46 55 63 56 MIX HGT (FT)....500 300 200 300 300 200 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 77. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 42 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 37 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 46 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (437) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (974) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (470) EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........25 25 25 30 30 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 63 70 75 77 74 RH..............79 63 50 44 42 46 GENERAL WIND....S 7 S 7 S 10 S 11 S 11 S 10 GENERAL GUST....15 15 20 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100.55 86 270 628 935 781 MIX HGT (FT)....300 400 1300 2700 3600 2600 $$ FORECASTER...TITUS REQUESTED BY...BRYCE AVERY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111006.LUCEC.01/MQT