FNUS73 KAPX 281333 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 24...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 933 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON..WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SLOW RISE IN TEMPERATURES TODAY. AS A RESULT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NOT EXPECTED TO DROP SUBSTANTIALLY UNLIKE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ONE CONSEQUENCE OF THE SLOW TEMPERATURE RISE WILL BE INITIALLY POOR MIXING HEIGHTS. THESE SHOULD IMPROVE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS LONG AS TEMPERATURES CAN WARM INTO THE MID 60S AS EXPECTED. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION... OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 5000 TO 6000 FT AGL BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (100) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (800). TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............60 62 64 65 65 64 RH..............43 44 45 45 45 46 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 4 SMOKE DISP......100 100 500 800 800 800 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 1 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 2 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-900 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........MIN 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 90 70 60 56 49 45 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............64 64 64 62 59 57 56 55 54 52 51 50 RH..............46 46 48 58 69 72 74 74 74 80 80 83 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 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SMOKE DISP......500 100 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68. RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200-6800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX EXCELLENT(1500). TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........46 48 62 82 96 97 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............50 52 60 65 67 68 RH..............86 83 64 50 42 40 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 3 S 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 4 4 SMOKE DISP......0 0 400 800 1400 1500 $$ FORECASTER...JOHN BORIS REQUESTED BY...JOE RASPOTNIK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130428.COMP2.01/APX