FNUS73 KAPX 301330 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR ABBE RD BUG KILL...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 830 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 EST ON JANUARY 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT BY LATE MORNING AND BEYOND...THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER WHILE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW TOWARDS EVENING. SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS 5-15 MPH WILL STRENGTHEN TO 10-20 MPH TONIGHT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE FOR THE DAY ON THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 80 PERCENT TODAY AND TONIGHT... DECREASING TO THE 60-70 PERCENT RANGE ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........35 AT IGNITION...MAX 37. RH..................96 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH. TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............34 35 36 35 35 35 35 34 34 33 RH..............96 96 96 100 100 100 96 92 89 85 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN AND SNOW EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 13. RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RN SN SN SN SN SN SN SW SW SW SW SW TEMP............31 30 28 27 25 24 22 21 19 18 17 16 RH..............85 81 81 78 78 74 74 71 74 73 73 73 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 19. RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 100 98 96 96 98 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP............15 15 16 18 19 18 RH..............73 70 67 64 61 61 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 8 NW 11 W 10 NW 10 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...JUSTIN ARNOTT REQUESTED BY...ERIC ANDERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130130.ABBER.01/APX