FNUS73 KAPX 191338 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR ROBERTA DR PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 838 AM EST MON DEC 19 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 EST ON DECEMBER 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE BURN AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 930 THIS MORNING. THIS WILL SHIFT THE WINDS FROM WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 MPH. MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S WILL GRADUALLY FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY MID AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONLY FALL TO AROUND 70 PERCENT. AFTER A COLD NIGHT TONIGHT...A COOLER AND DRIER DAY IS EXPECTED TUESDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING SOUTH AT AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON TUESDAY WILL DROP TO AROUND 65 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 38. RH..................85 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........97 98 99 100 95 90 87 82 80 75 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............37 36 35 34 34 33 32 32 32 31 RH..............85 85 82 81 79 78 78 75 75 75 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 20 20 20 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 13. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........64 59 59 59 44 44 44 33 33 33 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............30 30 22 21 20 19 18 18 18 17 17 17 RH..............75 72 92 96 96 100 100 100 96 100 96 96 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N NW NW N 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 1 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 32. RH..................MIN 66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........12 19 19 19 46 46 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............16 15 20 26 29 29 RH..............100 100 96 78 69 69 20 FT WIND......E 1 SE 1 S 3 S 5 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...JUSTIN ARNOTT REQUESTED BY...ANDERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111219.ROBER.01/APX