FNUS73 KAPX 061455
FWSAPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDY GRADE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
955 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EST ON JANUARY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MIDDLE/HIGH LEVEL OVERCAST EXPECTED TODAY...AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS LOWER MICHIGAN DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.  NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT TODAY...SOME LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 47.
RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.

TIME (EST)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........63  61  58  56  56
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............45  44  43  41  39
RH..............68  68  67  73  76
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..6   6   6   6   6
20 FT WIND GUST.15  15  15  15  10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........55  54  54  54  60  60  60  66  66  66  66  66
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............37  36  35  35  34  33  33  32  32  32  32  32
RH..............79  82  85  85  89  89  89  88  88  85  85  81
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..5   4   4   4   4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 30.
RH..................MIN 63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........66     49     49     49     80     80
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............31     30     30     30     30     30
RH..............85     78     75     69     63     63
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 6    W 6    W 6    W 6    W 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     15     15

$$
FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS
REQUESTED BY...ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120106.HARDY.01/APX