FNUS73 KMQT 210420 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR HOIST LAKE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1220 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THIS IS A DIRECT COPY OF THE 438 PM EDT FRI APRIL 20 ISSUANCE. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF AN UPDATED SPOT WILL BE NEEDED. EXPECT GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT AT THE HOIST LAKE FIRE SITE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM ONTARIO. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE INTO THE LOWER 20S AND HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE EXCELLENT AT 95-100 PERCENT. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN GOGEBIC COUNTY ON SATURDAY BUT CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. PLAN ON HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 50 DEGREES AT THE FIRE SITE WITH HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 28 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE EAST AROUND 5 MPH. THE CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO SUNDAY...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL NOT AFFECT THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1400. MAX TEMPERATURE.....46 AT IGNITION...MAX 49. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 MPH OR LESS EARLY IN THE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (180) AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR (219). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...AND TO 6000-7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........53 62 65 68 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 49 49 48 RH..............34 29 29 34 GENERAL WIND....E 6 E 6 SE 6 SE 6 GENERAL GUST....10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.180 202 188 42 MIX HGT (FT)....6000 6700 6300 2100 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 .SATURDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 31. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......EAST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING CALM. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 11 TO 19 MPH BY LATE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........69 70 71 71 69 68 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE SNSHWR TEMP............46 40 36 33 31 31 RH..............38 51 62 67 73 75 GENERAL WIND....E 5 E 5 E 4 E 3 E 3 E 3 GENERAL GUST....10 10 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.8 0 33 35 29 30 MIX HGT (FT)....300 BLW100 300 300 200 300 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...PATRICIA DRAKE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120421.HOIST.01/MQT