FNUS73 KMQT 232144 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE CREEL DNR...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 544 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1721 EDT ON MAY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IN THE PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW WARMER AND RELATIVELY DRY AIR INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE WINDS WILL DECOUPLE...CONTINUING SOUTH FLOW WILL ONLY ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS CURRENTLY IN THE LOWER 40S TO RECOVER TO AROUND 77 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN TOMORROW AND BECOME GUSTY...AND WILL ALSO BRING IN WARMER AIR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY EVENING. PLAN ON COOLER AND MOISTER AIR TO ARRIVE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS WEEKEND ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 25 TO 48 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (7). MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1600 FT AGL. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........22 21 21 21 22 23 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 57 52 52 54 57 RH..............42 60 74 76 76 73 GENERAL WIND....S 10 S 10 S 7 S 8 S 8 S 9 GENERAL GUST....19 16 14 10 10 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.462 169 44 83 88 32 MIX HGT (FT)....1600 600 100 300 300 100 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH BY LATE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 29 TO 53 MPH INCREASING TO 39 TO 54 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (338) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1038) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1715) BY LATE MORNING INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1840) LATE DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (772). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4700 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........24 22 21 20 25 29 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 70 76 78 80 79 RH..............64 50 41 35 30 32 GENERAL WIND....S 11 S 11 S 17 S 18 S 18 S 17 GENERAL GUST....15 20 28 33 34 29 VINDX KT-FT/100.78 696 1242 1524 1840 1348 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2200 3700 4100 4700 3400 $$ FORECASTER...RJT/TK REQUESTED BY...BRYCE AVERY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120523.PINEC.02/MQT