FNUS73 KMQT 030857 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - TAIL OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 457 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0428 EDT ON JUNE 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE DUCK LAKE FIRE SITE THIS MORNING...THEN EXPECT DECREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. THE MAIN ISSUE TODAY WILL BE NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 MPH AT TIMES. EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND BE LIGHT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE NEAR 100 PERCENT TONIGHT AND FOG MAY AFFECT MORE OF THE FIRE SITE LATE TONIGHT. PLAN ON DRY WEATHER ON MONDAY AT THE FIRE SITE UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. GENERAL WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MPH AND FROM THE NORTH. AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 50S NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TOWARD 70 DEGREES AT THE TAIL OF THE FIRE...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL AS LOW AS 50 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 29 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (605) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (662) IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200-3700 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....NONE TO 0.02 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........99 95 91 87 75 62 50 45 41 36 35 34 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW TEMP............48 50 53 56 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 60 RH..............95 87 80 73 69 68 68 65 64 62 60 61 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 GENERAL WIND GST..15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.128 253 373 476 555 605 661 662 632 543 468 353 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.3 2.1 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.2 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 11 TO 20 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1600 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 32 32 WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG TEMP............58 54 49 45 43 43 43 42 42 42 42 43 RH..............65 73 85 95 99 99 97 96 94 91 96 97 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W SW SW SW GENERAL WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 GENERAL WIND GST..10 10 10 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.247 153 78 33 17 19 28 27 30 33 5 0 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 19 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (416) INCREASING TO GOOD (579) BY LATE MORNING. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4700 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 2100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........32 33 35 36 36 37 37 38 40 41 49 57 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 55 60 64 65 65 65 65 65 65 64 62 RH..............83 71 62 56 54 53 52 53 54 55 56 60 GENERAL WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N GENERAL WIND SPD..4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 GENERAL WIND GST..5 5 5 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.38 223 416 579 561 490 455 434 493 515 436 300 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.6 3.2 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.4 2.1 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120603.DUCKL.03/MQT