FNUS73 KMQT 302006 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - MIDDLE OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 406 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1538 EDT ON MAY 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR OUT THROUGH THIS EVENING AS DRY AIR MOVES IN WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE...POSSIBLY ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO DROP SLIGHTLY TO AROUND 74 PERCENT BEFORE SUNSET. THE CLEAR SKIES WILL LEAD TO CHILLY TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WITH PATCHY FROST EXPECTED. EXPECT WARMER TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WITH LIGHTER NORTHWESTERLY TO NORTHERLY WINDS AND MAINLY SUNNY SKIES. EXPECT SOME BRIEF GUSTIER WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AS THE LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE BREEZE MOVES THROUGH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY VALUES MAY FALL TO 42 PERCENT THURSDAY. SOME RAIN MAY OCCUR LATER ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FIRE SITE...BUT AT THIS POINT IT IS ONLY A CHANCE. EVEN IF IT DOES RAIN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOW. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 25 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (424). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1700-2500 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........34 28 22 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE...... TEMP..............43 43 42 RH................74 74 75 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..13 13 13 GENERAL WIND GST..25 25 25 VINDX KT-FT/100...424 343 269 MIX HGT (KFT).....2.5 2.1 1.7 HAINES INDEX......3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1200 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%)...........16 18 20 22 20 17 15 13 11 9 9 8 WEATHER COV....... PTY PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE...... FST FST FST FST TEMP..............41 40 39 38 38 38 37 36 36 36 36 39 RH................79 83 87 88 88 89 90 95 95 95 94 89 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W GENERAL WIND SPD..10 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 GENERAL WIND GST..20 20 20 15 15 15 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100...185 134 87 60 43 36 38 33 34 33 9 0 MIX HGT (KFT).....1.2 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 HAINES INDEX......3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5...OR VERY LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (241). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1700-3400 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........8 9 9 10 12 15 17 16 16 15 17 20 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE...... TEMP..............41 45 50 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 55 RH................82 71 61 55 53 50 48 46 43 42 42 44 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 GENERAL WIND GST..10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100...20 88 173 237 241 219 219 218 219 209 176 117 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.3 1.3 2.5 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.7 HAINES INDEX......3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...TITUS REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120530.DUCKL.03/MQT