FNUS73 KMQT 080018
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR OLD US 2 FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
818 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1851 CDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BAND OF RAIN SHOWERS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN SITE THIS EVENING...BRINGING A SHARP
DECREASE IN TEMPERATURE AND INCREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS WELL AS
0.10 TO 0.20 INCH OF RAIN. A GUSTY WEST WIND WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY
IN THE PRESENCE OF DIURNAL HEATING AND MIXING...WHICH WILL DROP THE
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TOWARD 25 PERCENT EVEN THOUGH AFTERNOON
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 DEGREES OR MORE LOWER THAN ON SATURDAY.
EXPECT COOLER AND BREEZY CONDITIONS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH A
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM BY
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH LATE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 8 TO 13 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.13 INCH.

TIME (CDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........100     98     60     34     21     16
WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     45     45     41     38     35
RH..............75     75     75     75     77     78
GENERAL WIND....SW 7   W 8    W 8    W 10   W 10   W 10
GENERAL GUST....10     15     15     15     15     15

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 22
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH BY LATE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 11 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCH.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........14     31     43     50     55     60
WEATHER COV.....                            ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............33     39     46     50     50     49
RH..............79     60     37     28     28     30
GENERAL WIND....W 10   W 10   W 17   W 18   W 18   W 13
GENERAL GUST....20     20     30     35     35     30

$$
FORECASTER...KC
REQUESTED BY...JAMES FLORES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120407.OLDUS.01/MQT