FNUS73 KMQT 252011 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 411 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1546 EDT ON MAY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...AND WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS THEN BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO AROUND 40 PERCENT NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...AND IN THE MID 30 PERCENT RANGE OVER MORE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE FIRE. WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY SATURDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF PRECIPITATION SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE OFF AND ON CHANCES FOR RAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE MID 50S. MIN HUMIDITY........INCREASING THROUGH THE EVENING. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 23 TO 34 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (490). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........27 29 30 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE...... TEMP..............57 54 52 RH................56 60 64 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..11 11 11 GENERAL WIND GST..25 23 20 VINDX KT-FT/100...490 281 139 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.5 0.3 0.3 HAINES INDEX......3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 31 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 18 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%)...........32 32 33 33 33 34 34 36 37 39 41 43 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE...... TEMP..............51 49 48 47 47 46 46 45 45 45 44 44 RH................67 71 75 78 79 81 82 84 84 85 87 89 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW S S S GENERAL WIND SPD..8 8 8 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100...58 50 49 50 48 45 43 38 33 28 23 23 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 HAINES INDEX......3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......VARIABLE WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 1 TO 9 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (320). LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........45 46 47 48 49 50 51 57 62 68 73 79 WEATHER COV....... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE...... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP..............47 53 59 65 66 65 63 62 61 60 59 59 RH................81 67 53 44 43 44 46 48 50 53 55 58 GENERAL WIND DIR..S S S SE SE SE NE NE NE NE NE NE GENERAL WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 GENERAL WIND GST..5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100...28 173 309 320 310 221 143 101 68 59 60 59 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 HAINES INDEX......3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...TITUS REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120525.DUCKL.02/MQT