FNUS73 KMQT 051942 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - HEAD OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 342 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1308 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 64. MIN HUMIDITY........57 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 (57). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-900 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........38 36 36 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP..............61 61 51 50 RH................61 59 80 82 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...57 51 44 36 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 HAINES INDEX......3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING CALM...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 15 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (25). 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 (%)...........36 36 37 37 37 38 38 41 43 46 49 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP..............59 55 50 46 45 46 46 45 44 44 45 47 RH................57 66 79 91 94 92 90 95 99 99 99 92 GENERAL WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 GENERAL WIND GST.. 5 5 5 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100...35 35 30 30 30 30 30 29 26 25 26 28 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 HAINES INDEX......4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5...OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 19 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (90). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-700 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........54 48 41 35 29 22 16 17 18 19 19 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP..............50 54 57 60 62 62 62 62 61 61 61 61 RH................84 75 68 63 59 58 57 57 56 56 55 53 GENERAL WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW GENERAL WIND SPD..6 6 6 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 43 56 70 76 85 90 85 82 70 56 46 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 HAINES INDEX......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...JMW/KC REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120605.DUCKL.06/MQT