FNUS73 KGRR 142311
FWSGRR

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR MT  HOPE RX...THORNAPPLE TWP EMERGENCY SERVICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
711 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1930 EDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE INCREASING AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG
                    OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........72 AT IGNITION...MIN 56.
RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...QUICKLY DROPPING
                    TO 300-500 FT THIS EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR AT IGNITION THEN QUICKLY DROPPING TO POOR.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........48     48     52     63     63     63
WEATHER COV.....              S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....              RNSHWR RN/FG  RN/FG  RN/FG
TEMP............72     67     64     62     60     59
RH..............49     59     65     71     81     90
20 FT WIND......S 10   S 10   S 9    SW 10  SW 10  SW 8
20 FT GUST......15     15     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....4      3      3      3      3      3

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FORECASTER...MEADE
REQUESTED BY...LT  BRETT LAITILA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120314.MTHOP.02/GRR