FNUS73 KMQT 071335 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR WILSON GRADE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 935 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0855 EDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL MOVE EAST TODAY WHILE A COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS PUSHES TOWARD UPPER MICHIGAN LATE IN THE DAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH PRESSURE AND THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN SOUTH WINDS INCREASING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AT THE FIRE SITE. EXPECT A HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY OF 62...WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 26 PERCENT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE SITE AT AROUND 10PM EDT TONIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE AREA. THE MOST LIKELY TIME TO SEE SHOWERS APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN 10PM AND MIDNIGHT. AT THIS POINT...RAIN AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE LESS THAN 0.10 INCH. BEHIND THE FRONT...EXPECT WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20MPH. THE WEST WINDS THEN INCREASE SUNDAY UP TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE COOLER IN THE LOW TO MID 50S BUT MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STILL BE AROUND 25 PERCENT AT THE FIRE SITE. 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 NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........9 17 26 34 48 63 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............27 41 55 58 61 61 RH..............85 51 31 28 27 29 GENERAL WIND....SE 6 SE 6 S 9 S 12 S 12 S 13 GENERAL GUST....10 10 20 30 30 30 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS BY LATE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.08 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........77 70 62 55 49 43 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD NUMRUS SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 53 49 46 40 35 RH..............38 48 56 60 70 80 GENERAL WIND....S 10 S 10 W 10 W 10 W 10 W 10 GENERAL GUST....25 25 20 20 20 15 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 19 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH BY LATE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........37 42 48 53 57 59 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............33 38 45 49 51 50 RH..............79 60 42 31 27 29 GENERAL WIND....W 11 W 11 W 17 W 19 W 19 W 18 GENERAL GUST....20 20 35 40 40 40 $$ FORECASTER...TITUS REQUESTED BY...BRYCE AVERY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120407.WILSO.01/MQT