FNUS73 KAPX 171312 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE RIVER RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 912 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...WILL LIFT TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE PUSHING ACROSS THE STATE THURSDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SOME OF THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 45. RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2500-3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (400) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (400). TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........53 53 54 64 74 83 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............42 43 44 45 45 44 RH..............60 57 55 53 53 55 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 SMOKE DISP......400 400 400 400 400 400 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAIN AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 18 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........89 94 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..... LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............43 42 41 40 39 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 RH..............57 60 62 67 73 76 79 79 82 85 85 89 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65. RH..................MIN 70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO 39 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............42 43 51 58 63 64 RH..............89 89 77 72 70 73 20 FT WIND......E 6 SE 7 S 7 S 10 SW 12 SW 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...ANDREW SULLIVAN REQUESTED BY...BEN EBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130417.PINER.01/APX