Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI
487 FNUS73 KMQT 291259 FWSMQT Spot Forecast for Volker Plains Opening RX...MI-DNR National Weather Service Marquette MI 859 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 EDT on May 29. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...High pressure is going to dominate the forecast through Thursday resulting in clear skies and dry conditions. The cooler airmass overhead today should keep today a bit colder than Thursday with a high of 61. Efficient mixing in the afternoon will bring RHs into the upper 20s, but north becoming northeast winds should remain light with gusts below 15 mph. RH is progged to recover into the mid 80s overnight with a cooler than normal low of 34. With the cool and dry conditions tonight, some frost is expected late tonight into Thursday morning. Thursday brings similar dry conditions with min RHs in the mid 20s, but warmer temps in the upper 60s are forecast. West becoming south winds will still be light on Thursday with gusts staying below 15 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 61. RH..................29 percent at ignition...Min 27 percent. Dewpoint............27. 33-foot winds.......Winds north at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 8 to 9 mph. 20-foot winds.......Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4400-4600 ft AGL. Ventilation index...Good (463) at ignition. Max...good (463.0). Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. Ceiling (kft).......25. TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........2 1 1 1 1 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 Temp............60 61 60 60 59 Dewpoint........28 26 27 27 28 RH..............29 27 28 28 30 33 ft wind dir..N N NE NE NE 33 ft wind spd..8 8 9 9 9 20 ft wind dir..N N NE NE NE 20 ft wind spd..6 6 7 7 7 Wind gust.......11 11 11 11 11 Mix hgt (kft)...4.6 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.4 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 VIndx kt-ft/100.46 44 41 42 35 Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). Areas of frost overnight. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Temperature.........Min 34. RH..................Max 83 percent. Dewpoint............29. 33-foot winds.......Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming light. 20-foot winds.......Northeast winds up to 6 mph in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......2200-3800 ft AGL decreasing to 100-1400 ft AGL in the late evening and overnight. Ventilation index...Poor to good (7.0-306.0). Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. Ceiling (kft).......25. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Weather cov..... ARS ARS ARS ARS Weather type.... FST FST FST FST Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............59 57 55 50 45 42 40 39 37 36 35 34 Dewpoint........28 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 30 30 29 RH..............31 34 37 44 54 61 66 72 78 80 80 81 33 ft wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N NW NW NW 33 ft wind spd..8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 ft wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N NW NW NW 20 ft wind spd..6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 Wind gust.......10 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...3.8 3.0 2.2 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Haines index....5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 VIndx kt-ft/100.31 21 15 10 5 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Areas of frost early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Temperature.........Max 70. RH..................Min 26 percent. Dewpoint............31. 33-foot winds.......Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon. 20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming south up to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......0-1900 ft AGL increasing to 5300-5500 ft AGL. Ventilation index...Poor to good (3.0-436.0) increasing to good (527.0) late in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. Ceiling (kft).......25. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........1 1 1 2 2 2 Weather cov.....AREAS Weather type....FROST NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............35 42 55 62 67 69 Dewpoint........30 33 32 32 32 32 RH..............82 70 43 32 27 26 33 ft wind......W 3 W 3 SW 5 S 6 S 6 S 8 20 ft wind......W 2 W 2 SW 4 S 5 S 5 S 6 Wind gust.......4 4 6 10 10 10 Mix hgt (ft)....100 300 1900 3800 5300 5500 Haines index....5 4 5 5 4 4 VIndx kt-ft/100.1 2 9 15 26 44 Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 $$ Forecaster...Jablonski Requested by...Peter Glover Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415277.0/MQT .DELDT 05/29/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL gloverp@michigan.gov