FNUS73 KMQT 311401 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - HEAD OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 523 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1539 EDT ON MAY 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EXPECT WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE MUCH LOWER WITH READINGS AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT OVER THE WILDFIRE SITE. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY BY LATE MORNING AS A LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPS OFF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN ARRIVES LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS FROM THE LOWER MIDWEST ACROSS LAKE HURON FRIDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 53. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 52 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4 TO 12 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (152). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........4 5 6 8 9 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............37 40 44 48 51 51 52 52 52 52 52 51 RH..............100 89 74 64 57 54 53 52 52 53 52 53 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 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.18 34 55 90 116 137 152 133 126 99 73 62 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.2 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 87 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM. HAINES INDEX........4...OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 11 TO 21 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1000 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........12 19 25 32 39 45 52 56 60 65 69 73 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............51 50 48 46 45 44 43 43 42 42 41 42 RH..............54 57 61 66 68 70 73 75 79 84 86 87 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W S S S SW SW SW W W W GENERAL WIND SPD..4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 GENERAL WIND GST..5 5 5 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.52 53 51 46 40 37 30 17 6 0 1 12 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 56. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 56 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 11 TO 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 23 TO 33 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (422) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (980) IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-4100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........77 78 79 80 81 82 83 85 88 90 92 94 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............43 45 49 52 54 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 RH..............86 78 70 64 59 58 58 58 56 56 56 57 GENERAL WIND DIR..N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 GENERAL WIND GST..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.35 80 137 202 270 360 422 545 640 767 885 980 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.1 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...VOSS REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120531.DUCKL.04/MQT