FNUS73 KMQT 142357
FWSMQT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BARAGA BURN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
757 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2005 EDT ON APRIL 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET AS WINDS
DIE DOWN...TEMPERATURES START TO FALL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BEGIN
TO RECOVER.

A WARM FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BRING
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO UPPER MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY LATE
SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF
INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING CALM...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 MPH
                    OR LESS LATE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 23 MPH BECOMING EAST 3 TO 12 MPH BY
                    MIDNIGHT.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (8).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.02 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........10     24     43     67     81     92
WEATHER COV.....                                   S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............66     57     49     42     43     45
RH..............33     48     68     87     85     82
GENERAL WIND....NW 5   NW 5   N 2    NE 2   NE 2   NE 4
GENERAL GUST....10     10            5      5      5
VINDX KT-FT/100.423    77     12     20     8      8

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    PATCHY FOG IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
GENERAL WINDS.......EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 29 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (493).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.34 INCHES.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........99     100    100    100    100    98
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............47     54     55     51     52     54
RH..............78     66     68     87     87     81
GENERAL WIND....E 6    E 6    E 7    E 9    E 9    SE 9
GENERAL GUST....10     10     15     15     15     15
VINDX KT-FT/100.35     354    460    202    63     95

$$
FORECASTER...VOSS
REQUESTED BY...PATRICIA DRAKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120414.BARAG.02/MQT