FNUS73 KAPX 281246 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR FLETCHER...STATE OF MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 846 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON MAY 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE CLOUDY SKIES...INCREASING MOISTURE...AND AN INCREASING RISK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS... WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT FROM THE EAST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SPRINKLES EARLY...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (300) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (300). TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM NUM NUM LKY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............58 59 61 61 61 RH..............77 75 72 72 75 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 SMOKE DISP......300 200 300 300 200 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 13 MPH. 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.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............61 63 63 63 63 62 62 61 60 59 59 59 RH..............81 81 84 87 87 90 90 93 93 96 96 96 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE S S SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...BRUCE SMITH REQUESTED BY...JIM FISHER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130528.FLETC.01/APX