FNUS73 KMQT 180942 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR BISCUIT CREEK RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 542 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 EDT ON JUNE 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LOOK FOR NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 7 TO 12 MPH OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY AHEAD OF BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE WEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH NEAR 70 DEGREES UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. CLEAR SKIES WILL RESULT IN GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME CALM UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SINKS TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND WINDS SHIFT SOUTHWEST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 16 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (508) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (843) BY LATE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6700-8400 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING DECREASING TO 5200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........4 11 18 25 10 1 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 60 67 68 70 69 RH..............73 46 35 31 30 32 GENERAL WIND....NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 N 6 N 6 N 6 GENERAL GUST....8 8 12 13 13 10 VINDX KT-FT/100.28 508 814 754 843 628 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 13 NE 13 N 13 N 12 N 12 N 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 4600 7400 7500 8400 7000 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 42. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 96 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH OR LESS BY LATE EVENING...THEN BECOMING CALM AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 12 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (0). MIXING HEIGHT.......2100-3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-1000 FT AGL BY LATE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........0 0 2 7 9 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............63 54 47 43 42 46 RH..............40 54 71 82 94 88 GENERAL WIND....N 6 N 6 N 4 N 2 N 2 S 3 GENERAL GUST....9 9 5 VINDX KT-FT/100.277 69 0 13 9 0 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 9 NW 8 NW 7 NW 6 NW 5 W 6 MIX HGT (FT)....3500 1000 BLW100 300 200 BLW100 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 5 5 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 74. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (537) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (781) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6700-8300 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING DECREASING TO 5900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........14 16 18 19 22 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 65 71 72 73 72 RH..............65 45 35 31 29 30 GENERAL WIND....SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 SW 8 SW 8 SW 8 GENERAL GUST....9 9 16 18 18 18 VINDX KT-FT/100.43 330 537 652 742 773 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 9 W 8 W 8 SW 9 SW 10 SW 13 MIX HGT (FT)....500 4700 7700 8100 8200 7000 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...VOSS REQUESTED BY...PATTY CARRICK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130617.BISCU.01/MQT