FNUS73 KMQT 310930 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE CREEK...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 530 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0513 EDT ON MAY 31. 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 FRIDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS FROM THE LOWER MIDWEST ACROSS LAKE HURON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 31 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......VARIABLE WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 11 MPH BY LATE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4 TO 11 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (395). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6600 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........9 10 12 14 16 18 20 23 25 28 30 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............35 41 49 54 60 61 62 62 63 62 62 61 RH..............100 79 58 45 37 34 32 32 31 32 32 34 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W N N N N N N NE NE NE GENERAL WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 GENERAL WIND GST..5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.18 68 135 208 279 340 384 395 325 310 286 256 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.1 2.3 3.5 4.6 5.7 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.1 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 84 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS LATE. HAINES INDEX........4...OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO 21 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........36 38 41 44 47 50 53 57 61 64 68 72 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............60 57 53 49 48 46 44 44 42 41 40 41 RH..............35 39 46 54 57 60 66 68 74 81 84 84 GENERAL WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE NE NE NE GENERAL WIND SPD..6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.223 228 183 158 121 77 33 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.5 3.8 3.0 2.3 1.5 0.9 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 SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 40 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 31 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (464) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (1867). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7300-8500 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........76 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 86 87 89 90 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TEMP............42 47 52 57 61 62 62 63 63 63 63 62 RH..............82 69 56 48 42 41 40 40 40 42 42 43 GENERAL WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N GENERAL WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 GENERAL WIND GST..10 10 10 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.38 215 464 765 10341342160717681867182218071671 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.3 2.7 4.2 5.7 7.1 8.0 8.4 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.3 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...VOSS REQUESTED BY...GARY LINDSAY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120531.PINEC.01/MQT