FNUS73 KGRR 081247 FWSGRR FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR TRAILHEAD...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 847 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0824 EDT ON APRIL 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER TODAY. THE OVERNIGHT RAINS ONLY AMOUNTED TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. FUELS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DRY OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND GREEN UP IS NOT QUITE COMPLETE. RH VALUES WILL LOWER TO AROUND 30 PERCENT WHILE TEMPS WARM TO 55 TO 60. THIS DOES NOT RATE A RED FLAG WARNING... BUT GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR AND THE ABOVE CONDITIONS...THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED. RELIEF WILL BE GRADUAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE WINDY AS WELL...BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER. A FEW HIT AND MISS SHOWERS MAY ALSO BE SEEN THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY MONDAY EVENING AS A COOLER AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURE.........41 AT REQUEST...MAX 58. RH..................86 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE INCREASING TO 9000-10000 FT AGL LATE IN THE DAY. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....100-200 (POOR) INCREASING TO 3000-4000 (EXCELLENT). TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........5 5 20 40 50 60 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............41 49 54 56 57 55 RH..............86 58 37 31 29 35 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 10 W 12 W 12 W 13 W 11 20 FT GUST......10 15 30 30 25 20 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 6 6 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33. RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS DIMINISHING TO 3 TO 7 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53. RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NJJ REQUESTED BY...STEVE HATTING TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120408.TRAIL.01/GRR