FNUS73 KMQT 121958 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR BARAGA RX BURN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 358 PM EDT THU APR 12 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1550 EDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BARAGA RX BURN AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL KEEP A MAINLY CLEAR SKY OVERHEAD...ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITY. HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT SHOULD TOP OUT BELOW 90 PERCENT. HIGH CLOUDS WILL SLOWLY INVADE FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY...LOWERING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY. THE SLOW ENTRANCE TO THE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DRY DAY. THE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR THE FORECAST FRIDAY HAVE BEEN LOWERED SLIGHTLY FROM OUR ORIGINAL FORECAST THIS MORNING. ANOTHER GOOD DAY OF MIXING WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...IN BETWEEN THE EXITING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM AND NEARING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE DAKOTAS. EXPECT THESE STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (234). MIXING HEIGHT.......6800-7800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2200 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........5 3 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............56 52 RH..............27 30 GENERAL WIND....NE 6 NE 6 GENERAL GUST....12 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.234 142 MIX HGT (FT)....7800 4700 HAINES INDEX....4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH BY LATE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 23 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........5 6 9 10 10 14 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 43 37 33 30 29 RH..............39 50 64 79 86 88 GENERAL WIND....E 6 E 5 SE 6 S 7 S 7 S 7 GENERAL GUST.... VINDX KT-FT/100.15 0 30 33 35 11 MIX HGT (FT)....300 BLW100 300 300 300 100 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 31 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 36 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (457) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1216) BY LATE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.02 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........21 37 43 40 54 73 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............32 46 57 60 61 61 RH..............77 50 32 23 27 31 GENERAL WIND....S 8 S 8 S 10 S 12 S 12 S 11 GENERAL GUST....12 15 20 24 26 26 VINDX KT-FT/100.40 457 858 1020 1156 1216 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2400 4300 5100 5300 4900 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...TK/KF REQUESTED BY...PATRICIA DRAKE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120412.BARAG.03/MQT