Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
791 FNUS73 KDTX 240936 FWSDTX Spot Forecast for Topico Edge Loop Rx...MIDNR National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 536 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on May 24. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...High pressure holds across the region today. Temperatures will rise from around 50 this morning into the low 80s in the afternoon which helps humidity drop down to around 30 percent on light SE wind. Rain showers become likely tonight with a chance of thunderstorms into Saturday morning. Dry weather Saturday afternoon continues into early Sunday until the next round of showers and unsettled weather arrives later Sunday through Monday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 71. Min humidity........45 percent. Eye level winds.....East winds 6 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 8 to 14 mph. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Smoke Dispersal....Poor (MAX...65). TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........17 23 22 29 34 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............67 68 69 71 71 70 RH..............48 46 46 45 45 47 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.6 7 7 8 8 10 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 11 12 13 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 SMOKE DISPER....73 75 69 73 61 75 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent)becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the evening. Chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms late in the evening, then rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms overnight. Min temperature.....Around 57. Max humidity........89 percent. Eye level winds.....East winds around 10 mph...becoming south around 8 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 13 to 15 mph...becoming southeast 12 to 17 mph in the late evening and overnight. Haines Index........3 to 5 OR low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Smoke Dispersal....Poor (MIN...39). TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........38 49 58 72 85 85 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............69 67 62 59 58 58 RH..............49 55 60 64 72 78 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E SE SE S EYE LVL WND SPD.10 10 10 10 8 8 EYE LVL WND GST.14 14 14 14 14 14 MIX HGT (KFT)...600 500 500 500 600 500 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 3 3 SMOKE DISPER....69 60 67 71 63 47 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent)becoming sunny (5-15 percent). Rain showers likely early in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of rain showers early in the morning. Max temperature.....Around 75. Min humidity........41 percent. Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 8 to 10 mph...becoming west 11 to 12 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 15 mph...becoming west 14 to 16 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 5 OR low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Smoke Dispersal....Good (MAX...419). TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........79 67 39 10 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............57 64 70 74 RH..............87 81 65 47 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 8 SW 10 W 11 W 12 EYE LEVEL WIND..14 16 18 19 MIX HGT (FT)....500 1000 2400 3600 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 5 SMOKE DISPER....48 130 346 482 $$ Forecaster...Kook Requested by...Jeff Vasher Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415024.0/DTX .DELDT 05/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL vasherj@michigan.gov