FNUS73 KDTX 181221 FWSDTX SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHLAND...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 821 AM EDT WED APR 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON APRIL 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY EVEN AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS TO THE EAST. EASTERLY WINDS OVER WESTERN OAKLAND COUNTY THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN MIXED...GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GUST DURING THE LATE MORNING REACHING AROUND 25 MPH FOR THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW 20 PERCENT RANGE. SURFACE WIND DIRECTIONS WILL SHIFT UNIFORMLY MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT REMAINING AT 5 TO 10 MPH. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AHEAD OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL DROP INTO THE SAGINAW BAY REGION BY 8 AM THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING...THEN...DECREASING TO 3300 FT AGL LATE. VENTILATION RATE....EXCELLENT (MAX...600). TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........38 41 43 45 48 51 54 57 60 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 56 59 61 62 62 62 62 62 RH..............47 40 36 33 32 32 33 33 35 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.3 5.3 4.6 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.4 1.8 VRATE (KT-FT)...600 600 600 500 500 500 400 400 300 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT)BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) OVERNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........63 74 84 94 90 87 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............60 56 53 51 50 49 RH..............38 49 56 63 68 74 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 9 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...BEHNKE REQUESTED BY...JIM FISHER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120418.HIGHL.01/DTX