FNUS73 KIND 141131 FWSIND SPOT FORECAST FOR MAUMEE - DAY OF...HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 731 AM EDT WED MAR 14 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MARCH 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST TODAY WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR RETURNING TO THE OHIO VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY INTERACTS WITH THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS WEAK DISTURBANCES PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID MARCH AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN U S INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERASL.....EXCELLENT (172300 KNOT-FT) MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3800 FT AGL MIDDAY...THEN INCREASING TO 4900-6700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6900-7200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2700 FT AGL IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH. TIME (EDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........17 18 22 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............67 74 78 78 RH..............70 55 48 48 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 8 SW 8 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 5 S 8 SW 8 S 7 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........33 40 49 56 59 62 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............74 71 68 66 64 63 RH..............55 63 70 78 84 87 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 4 S 4 SW 4 SW 4 SW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 5 S 4 S 4 SW 4 SW 4 SW 4 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 10 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300-6700 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (196700 KNOT-FT). TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........65 64 62 61 64 67 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............62 66 72 76 78 78 RH..............87 78 68 62 58 56 20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 SW 6 EYE LEVEL WIND.. 10 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...KWIATKWOSKI REQUESTED BY...JEREMY KOLAKS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120314.MAUME.02/IND