FNUS73 KMQT 292029 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - MIDDLE OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 429 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1627 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 64. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 23 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (444). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3000 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............55 55 55 RH..............76 74 71 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W GENERAL WIND SPD..8 8 8 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.444 351 246 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 2.3 1.5 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........92 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 33 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (58). 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 63 56 50 61 72 83 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 42 41 41 RH..............70 73 78 84 89 90 90 92 92 92 92 92 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100.151 91 58 60 89 140 196 211 234 267 314 366 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.9 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 29 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (646). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-3500 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........99 97 96 94 85 76 67 54 42 30 28 27 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............42 43 43 44 44 45 45 45 45 46 46 46 RH..............89 86 82 79 77 76 75 73 71 70 67 64 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..10 10 10 13 13 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 GENERAL WIND GST..20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 VINDX KT-FT/100.405 486 558 603 600 573 544 587 630 646 602 494 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.4 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.02/MQT