FNUS73 KMQT 112222
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BARAGA PLAINS...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
622 PM EDT WED APR 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE AREA FROM THURSDAY
INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW LAKE BREEZES TO DEVELOP
AS WINDS SHIFT NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AT THE BURN SITE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS UNDER CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES TO RECOVER TO AROUND 90 PERCENT THURSDAY NIGHT.

AS A PLAINS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES ON FRIDAY...EXPECT INCREASING
CLOUDS FROM THE WEST AS A SLIGHT RISE IN DEW POINTS WILL KEEP RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES FROM FALLING TO CRITICAL LEVELS. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE OF
RAIN WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER
DUE TO THE QUICK FRONTAL PASSAGE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO
BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH FROM THIS SYSTEM.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3 TO
                    8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (393) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (457)
                    INCREASING TO GOOD (550) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2800-4400 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5700-6900 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7500-8200
                    FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    5900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3900 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........15     13     12     10     11     12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............23     38     49     53     55     55
RH..............86     49     32     28     28     29
GENERAL WIND....NW 3   NW 3   N 6    NE 7   NE 7   NE 7
GENERAL GUST....5      5      10     15     15     10
VINDX KT-FT/100.20     255    457    537    327    177
MIX HGT (FT)....300    2800   5700   7700   8200   5900

$$
FORECASTER...VOSS
REQUESTED BY...PATRICIA DRAKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120412.BARAG.01/MQT