FNUS73 KMQT 292031 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - HEAD OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 431 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1630 EDT ON MAY 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SHOWERS BECOME ISOLATED. CONVERGING LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES OFF LAKE SUPERIOR AND LAKE MICHIGAN WILL PROVIDE A BETTER FOCUS FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PASS ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND MORE CLOUDS WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM HUMIDITY AROUND 55 PERCENT NEAR THE FIRE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 25 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (351). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........88 82 76 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW TEMP............54 54 54 RH..............76 75 73 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W GENERAL WIND SPD..7 7 7 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.351 321 245 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 2.0 1.4 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING....THEN AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 33 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (60). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.02 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........70 64 57 50 62 73 84 88 92 96 97 98 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............54 52 49 46 44 43 42 42 42 41 41 41 RH..............69 73 79 85 91 91 91 92 93 93 93 92 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 12 12 12 11 11 11 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100.160 114 73 60 97 155 201 197 187 207 270 340 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.9 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 29 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (560). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........99 96 92 89 80 71 63 52 42 32 31 29 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............42 43 43 44 44 44 44 44 45 45 45 45 RH..............89 86 83 80 78 77 77 75 74 73 70 67 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..11 11 11 13 13 13 16 16 16 14 14 14 GENERAL WIND GST..20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 VINDX KT-FT/100.410 450 498 558 560 540 511 520 519 503 470 398 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.9 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...MICHELS REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120529.DUCKL.01/MQT