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Spot Forecast for N. Britt Road Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
539 AM EST Tue Jan 30 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EST on January 30. 
If conditions become unrepresentative... contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (989)732-9306, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Light snow showers will continue to move east of the area this 
morning, leaving the potential for patchy flurries and drizzle into 
this evening. South winds between 5 and 10 mph this morning look to 
gradually weaken to around 5 mph this afternoon. Winds may gust to 
around 15 mph this morning. Current temperatures in the low 30s will 
warm a few degrees into the mid 30s this afternoon. No RH concerns 
are anticipated today. 

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Patchy fog. Slight 
                    chance of drizzle and snow showers. 
Max temperature.....Around 35. 
Min humidity........88 percent. 
20-foot winds.......South winds 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and 
                    early afternoon becoming light. 
Transport winds.....South 3 to 9 mph. 
Mixing height.......600-700 ft AGL. 
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 
Ventilation index...Poor (0.0). 

TIME (EST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 
Sky (%).........94  93  93  92  92  93  93  92  
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 
Weather type....DZF DZF DZF DZF DZF DZF DZF DZF 
Tstm cov........                                
Temp............32  32  33  34  33  33  33  33  
RH..............100 100 96  92  96  100 100 96  
20 ft wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
20 ft wind spd..6   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   
20 ft wind gust.13  13  10  10  10  6   6   6   
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 
Haines index....2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
Transp wind spd.9   8   7   6   5   5   3   3   
Vrate kt-ft.....100 100 0   0   0   0   0   0   
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of snow 
                    showers early in the evening. Slight chance of 
                    drizzle early in the evening. Patchy fog 
                    through the night. 
Min temperature.....Around 29. 
Max humidity........100 percent. 
20-foot winds.......Light winds. 
Transport winds.....Southwest around 2 mph shifting to the west 3 
                    to 5 mph overnight. 
Mixing height.......100-500 ft AGL. 
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 
Ventilation index...Poor (0.0). 

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 
Sky (%).........91  91  89  88  86  86  85  84  85  85  86  85  
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY 
Weather type....DZF DZF DZF DZF FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG 
Tstm cov........                                                
Temp............32  32  32  32  32  32  31  31  31  30  31  30  
RH..............100 100 100 100 100 96  100 100 96  100 96  96  
20 ft wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   
20 ft wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   
20 ft wind gust.5   5   5   3   3   3   6   6   6   7   7   7   
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   
Transp wind spd.2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   5   
Vrate kt-ft.....0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). 
Max temperature.....Around 39. 
Min humidity........78 percent. 
20-foot winds.......Southwest winds 5 to 13 mph. 
Transport winds.....West 5 to 14 mph. 
Mixing height.......300-1200 ft AGL. 
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large 
                    plume dominated fire growth. 
Ventilation index...Poor (0.0). 

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   
Sky (%).........83     82     81     85     82     72     
Weather cov.....                                          
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   
Tstm cov........                                          
Temp............31     31     33     36     37     39     
RH..............92     98     96     85     81     80     
20 ft wind dir..W      W      SW     SW     SW     SW     
20 ft wind spd..5      5      8      12     12     13     
20 ft wind gust.8      8      14     18     18     21     
Mix hgt (ft)....300    500    800    1200   1200   900    
Haines index....2      2      3      4      4      4      
Transport wind..W 5    W 6    W 7    W 12   SW 14  SW 14  
Vrate kt-ft.....0      0      100    100    200    100    
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   

$$
Forecaster...DJC
Requested by...Patrick Hayes
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2401667.0/APX
.DELDT 01/30/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Patrick.d.hayes@usda.gov,Kyle.andree@usda.gov.