FNUS73 KMQT 021956 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - MIDDLE OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 356 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1503 EDT ON JUNE 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL KEEP THICK CLOUDS AND SCATTERED TO ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE DUCK LAKE WILDFIRE THROUGH MID TO LAKE MORNING SUNDAY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH AMOUNTS NEAR A TENTH OF AN INCH FIGURED. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. EXPECT NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO DIMINISH WITH SUNDOWN. STEADY NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. THESE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN AFTER 1000...WITH A FEW GUSTS NEARING 20 MPH POSSIBLE. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH MUCH OF THE WET WEATHER STAYING SOUTH OF THE DUCK LAKE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES IN THE UPCOMING WEEK LOOKS TO BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WARMING TO NEAR 70 DEGREES. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...BECOMING NUMEROUS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MIN HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 23 TO 34 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (181). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-700 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.......SCT SCT SCT NUM WEATHER TYPE......RW RW RW RW TEMP..............48 48 47 48 RH................93 94 95 95 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 GENERAL WIND GST..20 20 20 20 VINDX KT-FT/100..181 158 162 163 MIX HGT (KFT)....0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 HAINES INDEX.......3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........99 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 16 TO 31 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (39). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-700 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.09 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%)...........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 97 WEATHER COV.......NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE......RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP..............48 47 46 46 46 46 46 45 44 44 44 45 RH................96 96 97 98 98 97 96 97 98 98 99 98 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 GENERAL WIND GST..14 VINDX KT-FT/100..154 120 76 45 39 41 45 48 50 53 43 40 MIX HGT (KFT)....0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 HAINES INDEX.......3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 27 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (234). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....TRACE TO 0.01 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........96 91 86 82 70 58 46 45 43 42 39 36 WEATHER COV......ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE......RW RW RW RW TEMP..............46 48 51 53 52 53 54 55 55 56 56 55 RH................95 90 85 80 82 79 76 74 73 71 70 71 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 GENERAL WIND GST.. 14 15 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100...48 78 120 145 143 141 143 181 223 234 188 128 MIX HGT (KFT)....0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.8 HAINES INDEX.......3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...KF REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120602.DUCKL.05/MQT