FNUS73 KAPX 171211 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRITTLE 10...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 811 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WILL STILL BE GUSTY FROM THE NORTHWEST (18 TO 23 MPH) THROUGH ABOUT 11 AM...THEN SHOULD DIMINISH TO UNDER 10 MPH BY 2 PM. CLOUDS WILL BE PREVALENT THIS MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO THIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SKIES EXPECTED TO BE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MAX 44. RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST 8 TO 11 MPH AT IGNITION... OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2900-3800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (400) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (700). TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........72 51 45 29 26 23 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 39 41 42 43 43 RH..............42 42 39 37 36 36 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 6 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 7 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 4 4 SMOKE DISP......400 400 500 500 400 400 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 23. RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........23 22 14 18 24 27 29 34 36 38 41 43 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............43 43 41 39 36 32 29 27 26 25 26 27 RH..............36 38 42 48 56 69 78 85 85 88 85 81 20 FT WIND DIR..N NW W W SE E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60. RH..................MIN 41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 16 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........30 51 54 59 71 83 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............28 32 44 53 56 58 RH..............81 78 55 43 42 42 20 FT WIND......E 2 SE 4 S 8 S 12 S 15 S 16 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 20 25 30 30 $$ FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS REQUESTED BY...BSTEARNS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120417.BRITT.01/APX