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SPOT FORECAST FOR ABBE RD BUG KILL...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
855 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL KEEP BRISK
AND UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AND TONIGHT WITH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO END BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY AND CHANCE
                    OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........29 AT IGNITION...MAX 32.
RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
TEMP............29  29  30  30  31  31  31
RH..............69  66  63  60  58  58  58
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..7   7   7   8   8   7   7
20 FT WIND GUST.15  15  15  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 19.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........100 100 100 94  95  96  97  98  99  99  99  100
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
TEMP............31  30  29  26  25  24  23  22  22  22  22  21
RH..............58  58  60  71  74  77  81  84  81  77  77  77
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..7   6   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7
20 FT WIND GUST.15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED SNOW
                    SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 28.
RH..................MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........100    100    96     91     87     79
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR NONE   NONE
TEMP............20     19     22     25     26     28
RH..............81     80     77     65     52     48
20 FT WIND......W 7    NW 7   NW 11  NW 12  NW 11  NW 13
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     20     25     25     25

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FORECASTER...ANDREW SULLIVAN
REQUESTED BY...ERIC ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130312.ABBER.01/APX