FNUS73 KMQT 072001 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE - HEAD OF FIRE...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 401 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1530 EDT ON JUNE 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE AWAY TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH VALUES AT THE SITE AROUND 64 TO 69 PERCENT DURING THE DAY WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND HALF AN INCH. A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED LAKE BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE BURN SITE. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY AND BRINGS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME VERY WARM THIS WEEKEND AND BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING AROUND 82 DEGREES SUNDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST BY LATE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 19 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (23). LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%)...........18 18 17 16 21 25 30 38 46 54 55 55 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP..............60 56 52 49 49 49 49 49 49 50 50 52 RH................60 69 80 88 91 92 93 93 93 91 92 91 GENERAL WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW S S S S S S GENERAL WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 GENERAL WIND GST..5 5 5 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100...25 23 24 28 30 33 35 35 35 35 35 35 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 HAINES INDEX......5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 18 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (40). LAL.................1 UNTIL 1700...THEN 2 UNTIL 1800...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%)...........55 56 56 57 57 58 58 64 70 75 80 85 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW TSM TSM TSM TEMP..............54 58 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 RH................86 76 66 64 66 68 68 69 68 68 68 70 GENERAL WIND DIR..SW SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE NE NE GENERAL WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 GENERAL WIND GST.. 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 VINDX KT-FT/100...35 38 40 40 40 40 38 35 30 28 23 20 MIX HGT (KFT).....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 HAINES INDEX......5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...KEC REQUESTED BY...CELESTE CHINGWA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120607.DUCKL.04/MQT