FNUS73 KAPX 281340 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRITTLE BLOCK 18...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 940 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 EDT ON APRIL 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS EXPECTED TO BE PREVALENT TODAY BUT EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL RESULT IN INITIALLY LOW MIXING HEIGHTS UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON (PROVIDED TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 60S AS EXPECTED). WINDS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST...EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTER THAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 6000 TO 7000 FT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (1500) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (1500). TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............58 57 57 RH..............55 57 57 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 SMOKE DISP......150015001500 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 8 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1900 FT AGL. HAINES INDEX........MIN 2. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(100). TIME (EDT) 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..... SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TEMP............57 56 56 55 53 52 52 51 51 50 50 50 RH..............59 64 69 74 83 83 80 80 80 83 86 89 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 SMOKE DISP......1300500 300 200 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64. RH..................MIN 46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400-7100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX EXCELLENT(1300). TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........100 100 92 82 74 82 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............51 53 58 61 62 64 RH..............86 77 69 60 52 46 20 FT WIND......SW 2 SW 2 SW 3 S 5 S 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 4 4 4 SMOKE DISP......0 100 200 400 800 1300 $$ FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS REQUESTED BY...PERSEPHONE WHELAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130428.BRITT.02/APX