Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
182 FNUS73 KGRR 180744 FWSGRR Spot Forecast for Lincoln Rx Burn...MIDNR National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 344 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on May 18. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (616) 949-5150, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... It will be mostly sunny and very warm today with high temperatures reaching the lower 80s with minimum relative humidity values of around 44 percent. Winds will be rather light out of the southwest. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Temperature.........76 at ignition...Max 82. RH..................56 percent at ignition...Min 44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 8 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....500 /good/ at ignition. Max...620 /excellent/. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5. TIME (EDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM Sky (%).........8 16 17 12 10 7 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............76 79 81 81 78 70 RH..............56 49 44 44 48 63 20 ft wind......SW 5 SW 7 W 7 W 6 SW 3 S 3 20 ft wind gust.8 9 9 9 7 5 Mix hgt (ft)....5400 6800 6200 4600 600 400 Mixing wind.....SW 9 SW 9 SW 8 SW 8 S 6 S 6 Haines index....5 5 5 5 4 4 Smoke disprsl...500 620 500 370 30 20 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Temperature.........Min 63. RH..................Max 84 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 5 to 12 mph shifting to the west around 9 mph toward daybreak. Smoke dispersal.....20 (poor). Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Temperature.........Max 83. RH..................Min 44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph early in the morning becoming light, then becoming west 5 to 6 mph. Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 8 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....50 (poor) early in the morning increasing to 320 (good) in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Laurens Requested by...Tom Barnes Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2414526.0/GRR .DELDT 05/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL barnest2@michigan.gov