FNUS73 KAPX 021253 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR TUTTLE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 853 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 EDT ON MAY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... FULL MORNING SUN...WITH SOME SCATTERED AFTERNOON CLOUDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND TO AROUND 70 DEGREES BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH COOL EAST WINDS OFF OF LAKE HURON KEEPING TEMPERATURES FROM RISING ANY HIGHER. THIS WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER 30S. LIGHT EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 5-10 MPH FOR THE DAY TODAY...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 15 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 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.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 100-1300 FT AGL. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (200) AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR (200). TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........40 44 49 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............70 70 70 RH..............41 39 38 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 SMOKE DISP......200 200 100 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........53 57 59 59 58 58 57 56 56 57 60 62 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............68 64 58 57 55 54 53 51 49 47 44 43 RH..............39 46 57 62 69 74 74 77 80 86 96 100 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 SMOKE DISP......100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72. RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX GOOD(400). TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........64 68 62 55 49 44 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 49 58 65 69 72 RH..............100 86 74 67 42 38 20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 5 E 5 E 6 SE 7 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 SMOKE DISP......0 0 0 100 400 200 $$ FORECASTER...JUSTIN ARNOTT REQUESTED BY...PERSEPHONE WHELAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130502.TUTTL.01/APX