082 FNUS73 KDTX 081228 FWSDTX SPOT FORECAST FOR ALMER PH...MI DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 828 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2015 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MAY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...THOUGH HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE A LITTLE FROM YESTERDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85. MIN HUMIDITY........45-49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH...INCREASING TO 21 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 3900 FT AGL LATE. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. VENTILATION RATE....EXCELLENT (MAX...1400). TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........55 65 74 71 67 64 62 61 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............81 83 83 83 83 82 81 78 RH..............49 48 48 48 50 51 54 57 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 13 14 14 13 12 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 25 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...6.3 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.6 4.8 3.9 3.0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 VRATE (KT-FT)...130014001400140012001000900 700 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT)BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 23 MPH...DECREASING TO 6 TO 15 MPH BY LATE EVENING. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........64 70 76 81 84 88 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............76 69 65 64 62 61 RH..............63 75 85 86 91 96 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 6 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...OROW REQUESTED BY...JIM FISHER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20150508.ALMER.01/DTX