FNUS73 KAPX 171528 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR MERIDIAN II...MI-HMF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1128 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL REMAIN PREVALENT INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO THIN BY MID AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE MONDAY...AND SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING INTO MICHIGAN. ONCE THE SUN APPEARS...TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (1000 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MAX 44. RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3500-4700 FT AGL. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (400) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (400). TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........85 76 60 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 40 42 44 RH..............50 48 41 38 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 SMOKE DISP......400 400 400 400 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 23. RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........41 18 8 17 24 21 25 34 39 41 46 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 46 44 40 37 33 30 28 27 26 25 25 RH..............32 34 36 41 46 53 60 68 71 74 78 81 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N NW SW S S SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60. RH..................MIN 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........49 55 64 70 80 90 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............26 30 43 53 56 59 RH..............81 78 53 39 38 37 20 FT WIND......SE 3 SE 5 SE 7 S 11 S 13 S 12 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 25 25 25 $$ FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS REQUESTED BY...D-A BRABAZON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120417.MERID.01/APX