FNUS73 KMQT 101228 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR MESTER GRADE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 828 AM EDT MON OCT 10 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON OCTOBER 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE AREA TODAY RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY OF DRY WARM WEATHER. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 75 AND DRIER DEW POINTS MIXING TO THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LOWERING TO NEAR 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AT THE BURN SITE. LOOKING AHEAD...THERE WILL BE INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN DURING THE MIDDLE AND END OF THE WORK WEEK. A COOLING TREND WILL ALSO BRING TEMPERATURES BACK TOWARD NORMAL FOR MID OCTOBER. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 AT IGNITION...MAX 74. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 28 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (288) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (479) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (607) LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2200-3900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........14 16 18 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............70 73 73 67 RH..............51 43 41 53 GENERAL WIND....S 6 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.288 479 607 260 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 3700 3600 1300 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 52. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 36 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........21 25 29 33 33 32 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............64 60 57 55 54 53 RH..............60 68 76 81 83 85 GENERAL WIND....S 6 S 6 S 7 S 6 S 6 S 6 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.53 16 63 68 63 51 MIX HGT (FT)....300 100 300 300 300 200 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 44 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 11 TO 27 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (282) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (993) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (422) EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800-5300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 4300-6200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........32 34 37 39 41 45 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 60 69 74 76 73 RH..............83 68 53 47 44 49 GENERAL WIND....S 6 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 7 GENERAL GUST....10 10 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.48 12 282 794 993 688 MIX HGT (FT)....300 100 2000 5300 6200 4300 $$ FORECASTER...TITUS REQUESTED BY...BRYCE AVERY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111010.MESTE.01/MQT