FNUS73 KMQT 141358 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR BARAGA BURN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 958 AM EDT SAT APR 14 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0950 EDT ON APRIL 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... BEHIND A PASSING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WON'T BE AS LOW AS YESTERDAY...VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LOW... FALLING TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...AS SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOME WESTERLY...IT WILL BE BREEZY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH NEAR CALM CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD REBOUND TOWARD 85 PERCENT TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT MOVING TOWARD UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BRING SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS LATE TONIGHT SHOULD BE UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SUNDAY MAY REACH ONE-HALF INCH. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 16 TO 21 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 11 TO 16 MPH LATE. GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........55 37 23 18 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 63 68 69 69 RH..............66 46 34 31 30 GENERAL WIND....SW 10 SW 12 W 17 W 17 W 13 GENERAL GUST....20 30 30 30 30 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM...THEN BECOMING EAST 6 TO 11 MPH LATE. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....NONE TO 0.05 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........25 41 61 83 85 87 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............65 55 47 45 46 48 RH..............36 55 77 82 81 77 GENERAL WIND....W 6 W 6 SW 2 SE 4 SE 4 E 6 GENERAL GUST....15 15 5 5 5 10 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH LATE. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.42 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........90 89 89 88 89 90 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............50 54 58 60 61 58 RH..............74 67 61 59 57 61 GENERAL WIND....E 7 E 7 SE 7 SE 8 SE 8 S 8 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...ROLFSON REQUESTED BY...PATRICIA DRAKE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120414.BARAG.01/MQT