FNUS73 KAPX 091349 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR NOONTIME...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 849 AM EST WED JAN 9 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EST ON JANUARY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL USHER IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF WINDY AND COOLER CONDITIONS TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN SET TO ARRIVE WITH WARMER WEATHER FOR THURSDAY BEFORE LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO AFFECT OUR AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........34 AT IGNITION...MAX 35. RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 69 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 31 MPH INCREASING TO 31 TO 38 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (900) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (1400). TIME (EST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........78 81 82 80 77 75 72 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............34 34 35 34 33 32 31 RH..............75 75 69 72 72 75 75 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 13 13 13 13 13 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 35 35 35 30 30 SMOKE DISP......900 1200140013001100800 600 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 20. RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0). TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........67 64 59 49 44 30 17 10 10 10 11 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............31 30 29 27 26 26 25 24 24 24 23 22 RH..............75 75 78 85 88 88 88 92 92 88 92 92 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W SW 20 FT WIND SPD..12 11 10 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 15 15 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 SMOKE DISP......400 300 200 200 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 39. RH..................MIN 57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........11 12 13 28 37 53 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............21 23 28 36 39 38 RH..............92 84 78 61 57 59 20 FT WIND......SW 4 S 4 S 3 S 5 S 6 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...JEFF LUTZ REQUESTED BY...ERIC ANDERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130109.NOONT.01/APX