FNUS73 KAPX 141030 FWSAPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKLEY RED...DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 630 AM EDT WED AUG 14 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON AUGUST 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...COOL WEATHER AND LESS GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN OVERHEAD. THE AIR MASS WILL BE A BIT DRIER TODAY...BUT HUMIDITIES ARE ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. INCREASING SUNSHINE...DECREASING AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................74 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500-6800 FT AGL. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (100) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT (700). TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........30 35 40 46 51 54 50 43 40 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 59 64 66 67 67 67 68 68 RH..............74 60 52 47 43 42 42 39 39 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SMOKE DISP......100 300 600 700 600 500 600 700 700 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........33 21 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............67 65 62 58 54 52 51 51 51 49 48 47 RH..............40 45 54 64 77 83 86 86 86 93 96 100 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76. RH..................MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 14 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200-7400 FT AGL. HAINES INDEX........MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX EXCELLENT(1400). TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........12 10 12 12 9 9 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 53 65 73 75 76 RH..............96 86 63 46 37 34 20 FT WIND......SW 2 W 2 W 2 W 3 W 5 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 SMOKE DISP......0 0 800 1400 1100 1100 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LIGHT WINDS. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LIGHT WINDS. .SUNDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80. LIGHT WINDS. $$ FORECASTER...SCOTT DICKSON REQUESTED BY...LEE OSTERLAND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130814.BUCKL.01/APX