FNUS73 KAPX 081356 CCA FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR CANADA PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 753 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON MARCH 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT OVERHEAD TODAY LEADING TO OVERALL FAIR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS. LIGHT OFFSHORE WESTERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE BURN SITE INITIALLY THIS MORNING...BUT TURN INTO THE SOUTH AND INCREASE SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE FOUND AT THE SITE THIS MORNING BUT TEND TO THIN OUT BY AFTERNOON WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90 TO 100 PERCENT) THROUGH 11 AM...THEN GRADUALLY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........28 AT IGNITION...MAX 38. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...VEERING TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND ULTIMATELY SOUTH BY 5 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 1 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0) AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR (200). TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........85 81 71 52 42 41 41 41 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............28 31 34 37 38 38 38 38 37 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NE SE SE SE SE S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SMOKE DISP......0 0 0 100 100 100 100 200 200 .TONIGHT... WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0). TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SMOKE DISP......100 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...BRIAN ADAM REQUESTED BY...BRIAN STEARNS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130308.CANAD.01/APX