FNUS73 KAPX 101359 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR NOONTIME...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 859 AM EST THU JAN 10 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EST ON JANUARY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE JANUARY THAW IS IN FULL SWING BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...AS A COUPLE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TRACK OVER AND WEST OF THE REGION. TODAY WILL FEATURE SOME FILTERED SUNSHINE...BEFORE CLOUDS THICKEN AND RAIN ARRIVES TONIGHT. VERY WARM AIR IS THEN EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY...WITH MAINLY DRY WEATHER PREVAILING. OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL COME LATER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FOLLOW FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). PATCHY FREEZING FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........28 AT IGNITION...MAX 42. RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (EST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........8 13 16 23 37 44 45 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............28 33 38 41 42 42 40 RH..............78 63 52 46 44 44 48 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........48 49 55 66 71 78 93 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..... PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS PDS WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............38 35 33 32 32 31 31 31 32 33 34 34 RH..............54 61 66 72 72 75 78 81 81 85 85 89 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY DRIZZLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49. RH..................MIN 85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 99 97 WEATHER COV.....PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD CHANCE PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN DRZL TEMP............35 36 38 42 45 47 RH..............92 96 96 100 100 100 20 FT WIND......SE 9 SE 9 SE 7 S 7 S 7 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...ANDREW SULLIVAN REQUESTED BY...ERIC ANDERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130110.NOONT.01/APX