FNUS73 KMQT 101541 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR HOIST LAKE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1141 AM EDT THU MAY 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WISCONSIN WILL REMAIN KEEP CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH OVER THE BURN SITE INTO TONIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 60S WHILE HUMIDITIES FALL TO 19 TO 22 PERCENT. HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL ONLY BE MODERATE AROUND 80 PERCENT. INCREASING CLOUDS WILL OCCUR AFTER 1000 ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF A COOL FRONT. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BURN SITE ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 1500 AND 1900. EXPECT DRY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND AT THE BURN SITE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S AND HUMIDITY VALUES 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY UP TO 10 MPH AND FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY WITH SPEEDS UP TO 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS ON SUNDAY MAY REACH ABOVE 20 MPH. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 19 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (422) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (492) INCREASING TO GOOD (589) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......6500-7000 FT AT REQUEST INCREASING TO 7400-8500 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........5 5 9 17 17 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 67 68 68 67 RH..............28 22 21 20 22 GENERAL WIND....W 6 W 6 W 6 W 5 W 5 GENERAL GUST....NONE 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.352 467 509 494 589 MIX HGT (FT)....5900 7800 8500 8200 7400 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 43. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80-85 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS INCREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 28 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (234) DECREASING TO POOR (0) BY LATE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-6800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........17 16 15 14 14 14 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............65 56 49 46 43 43 RH..............30 44 61 74 83 86 GENERAL WIND....SW 4 SW 4 SW 4 SW 5 SW 5 SW 6 GENERAL GUST....5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.608 234 0 40 48 18 MIX HGT (FT)....6800 2300 BLW100 300 300 100 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY AFTER 1000 THEN BECOMING CLOUDY AFTER 1500. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 1500 WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 39 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 29 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 19 TO 29 MPH BY EARLY IN THE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (539) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1190) BY LATE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4000-5700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3600-3700 FT AGL LATE. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....NONE TO 0.13 INCHES. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........15 27 39 51 72 88 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............47 60 70 72 71 65 RH..............76 52 40 40 43 52 GENERAL WIND....S 8 S 8 S 11 SW 10 SW 10 W 8 GENERAL GUST....15 15 25 25 25 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.45 352 767 1190 982 787 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2100 4300 5700 4700 3700 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...PATRICIA DRAKE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120510.HOIST.01/MQT