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Spot Forecast for Operation scouts Honor exercise...Superior search and rescue
National Weather Service Marquette MI
731 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 EDT on May 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Following spotty morning shower activity, sunny, warm, and breezy
conditions are expected for the late morning and afternoon hours.
Temperatures peak near 80 degrees. An approaching cold front this
evening will bring a 2-3hr window for showers and storms as a narrow
band of convection moves through, most likely beginning by 5pm and
moving out by 7pm. Storms may produce hail and gusty winds. Skies
quickly clear out behind the cold front, then expect temperatures to
fall back to around 50 degrees tonight while winds turn light. Quiet
and dry weather is expected Sunday, while winds off of Superior keep
temperatures cooler than on Saturday. Expect highs to range in the
60s.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers likely and
                    chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Temperature.........60 at forecast start...Max 81.
RH..................66 percent at forecast start...Min 57 percent.
Pcpn amount.........0.07 inches. Surface winds.......South winds 10
to 15 mph. Ceiling (kft).......12 decreasing to 6.9. Visibility
(sm).....10 decreasing to 6 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63  67  63  57  55  45  49  61  91
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH CHC LKY
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  20  20  20  40  70
Temp............60  59  60  63  64  65  65  67  64
RH..............66  70  70  66  64  64  63  57  62
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.14  14  14  15  15  15  15  15  15
Surface wnd gst.20  20  20  24  24  24  25  25  25
Ceiling (kft)...12  12  13  14  13  12  10  8.1 6.9
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (10-20 percent). Rain showers
                    early in the evening. Chance of thunderstorms
                    early in the evening. Chance of rain showers
                    early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Temperature.........Min 51.
RH..................Max 83 percent.
Pcpn amount.........0.05 inches.
Surface winds.......West winds 9 to 14 mph.
Ceiling (kft).......8.4 decreasing to 6.8 early in the evening,
                    then increasing to 14 late in the evening
                    increasing to 17 late in the evening increasing
                    to 20 increasing to 23 overnight.
Visibility (sm).....6 increasing to 9 early in the evening.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........100 100 62  30  22  14  12  10  7   5   3   1
Weather cov.....DEF DEF CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).80  80  40  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............62  62  60  59  58  56  55  53  53  53  52  52
RH..............69  74  83  78  75  71  68  69  66  65  67  66
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.14  14  14  12  12  12  10  10  10  10  10  10
Surface wnd gst.22  22  22  17  17  17  16  16  16  15  15  15
Ceiling (kft)...8.4 8.5 6.8 14  17  20  22  23  24  24  24  24
Visibility (sm).6   6   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 64.
RH..................Min 39 percent.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Surface winds.......West winds 8 to 9 mph.
Ceiling (kft).......24 decreasing to 18.
Visibility (sm).....10.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........1      1      11     22     32     47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............52     53     58     59     57     60
RH..............65     65     51     47     49     46
Surface wind....SW 9   SW 9   SW 8   W 9    W 9    W 8
Surface wnd gst.14     14     12     13     13     12
Ceiling (kft)...24     24     25     25     25     20
Visibility (sm).10     10     10     10     10     10

$$
Forecaster...LC
Requested by...Darian Reed
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2414570.0/MQT
.DELDT 05/18/24
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.EMAIL Dsreed@superiorsar.org