FNUS73 KMQT 191312 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR LSSU FIELD DAY INCIDENT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 912 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG LATE SEASON LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS TO PERSIST TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING THE STRONG WINDS TO DECREASE AND BRINGING AN END TO THE SNOW SHOWERS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 21. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 91 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3...OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 24 TO 41 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (724-1178) MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-5200 FT AGL BY LATE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........100 99 99 98 97 97 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP............30 26 24 22 21 21 RH..............87 90 87 79 80 79 GENERAL WIND....W 14 W 14 NW 12 NW 12 NW 12 NW 10 GENERAL GUST....29 29 23 24 24 22 VINDX KT-FT/100.724 1194 1586 1547 1335 964 TRANSPORT WIND..W 36 NW 36 NW 36 NW 35 NW 33 NW 30 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 3900 5100 5200 4600 3700 HAINES INDEX....3 2 2 2 2 2 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....23 AT IGNITION...MAX 33. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4...OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 33 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 22 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (663) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (1199). MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3200-4500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-5400 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........96 92 88 84 66 48 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............21 26 29 31 33 32 RH..............76 64 55 49 45 46 GENERAL WIND....NW 10 NW 10 NW 11 NW 12 NW 12 NW 10 GENERAL GUST....21 21 25 25 25 24 VINDX KT-FT/100.766 1042 1186 1098 1033 815 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 28 NW 26 NW 25 NW 24 NW 23 NW 20 MIX HGT (FT)....3200 4500 5400 5200 5200 4800 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...MRD REQUESTED BY...PATTY CARRICK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130420.LSSUF.01/MQT