FNUS73 KMQT 051946 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - MIDDLE OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 346 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1307 EDT ON JUNE 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WITH HIGH PRESSURE LINGERING OVER LAKE SUPERIOR...LIGHT WINDS AND ONLY SCATTERED CLOUDS WILL ALLOW FOR FAVORABLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TO NEAR 100 PERCENT TONIGHT. EXPECT LIGHT WINDS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING TO GIVE WAY TO A STEADY NORTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WIND WILL MAINTAIN SOMEWHAT HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY THAN FARTHER INLAND. NO RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVER THIS AREA UNTIL FRIDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........56 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.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (106). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1800 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........38 36 35 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP..............62 62 54 52 RH................58 56 74 76 GENERAL WIND DIR..N N N N GENERAL WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 GENERAL WIND GST..10 10 10 10 VINDX KT-FT/100...106 87 66 45 MIX HGT (KFT).....1.8 1.4 1.1 0.8 HAINES INDEX......3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 MPH OR LESS LATE. HAINES INDEX........4...OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 15 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (21). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-500 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%)...........35 35 36 36 36 37 37 40 42 45 48 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP..............59 54 50 46 45 45 45 43 43 43 44 46 RH................59 69 82 94 97 96 94 100 100 100 100 96 GENERAL WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 GENERAL WIND GST..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100...33 24 22 21 23 26 30 25 24 21 21 25 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 HAINES INDEX......4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 19 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...FAIR (147). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1200 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........53 47 41 35 29 23 17 17 18 18 18 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP..............50 54 58 62 64 64 64 64 64 64 63 62 RH................87 76 66 60 56 55 54 53 52 51 51 52 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 GENERAL WIND GST.. 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100...33 53 78 104 129 147 145 147 129 104 84 57 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 HAINES INDEX......4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...JMW/KC REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120605.DUCKL.05/MQT