FNUS73 KMQT 292026 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR WIDGEON CREEK - TAIL OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 426 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1624 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 SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 11 TO 20 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (418). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3800 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.05 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........88 82 76 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW TEMP............58 57 56 RH..............68 68 67 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..7 7 7 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.418 407 351 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.8 3.1 2.3 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........91 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 31 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (55). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.02 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........70 63 56 49 60 71 81 87 92 97 98 98 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............55 53 50 48 45 44 43 43 42 42 42 42 RH..............68 71 75 81 86 90 90 91 91 91 91 91 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 GENERAL WIND GST..10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.272 186 105 55 63 116 177 228 292 362 424 478 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 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 (903). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4700 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........99 99 98 98 89 80 71 57 43 29 28 27 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............42 43 44 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 48 47 RH..............88 85 81 77 74 71 68 65 63 61 60 61 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..9 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 GENERAL WIND GST..20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 VINDX KT-FT/100.537 567 616 657 698 730 752 783 888 903 805 696 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.0 3.3 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.WIDGE.01/MQT