Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
039 FNUS73 KDTX 070710 FWSDTX Spot Forecast for North Field...MIDNR National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 310 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on May 07. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...High pressure will depart to the east today. Dry air will hold on across the area into early afternoon. An approaching warm front will then cause humidity values to increase and will support numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms this evening. Warmer and drier air will then advance into the area for Wednesday. A low pressure system will bring the next chance for rain to the area Thursday. Northeast winds on Thursday will contribute to much cooler temperatures. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Scattered showers late in the afternoon. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 70. Min humidity........45 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 11 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 17 to 21 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Smoke Dispersal....Good (MAX...531). TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........45 46 63 68 82 78 WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT NUM WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW TEMP............65 68 70 70 70 68 RH..............48 46 45 48 54 62 EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE EYE LVL WND SPD.12 11 12 12 12 12 EYE LVL WND GST.16 16 16 17 17 17 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 2.7 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.3 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 SMOKE DISPER....373 433 611 593 551 386 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent)becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent)becoming mostly cloudy (45-55 percent)becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Numerous rain showers and scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then scattered rain showers late in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 55. Max humidity........100 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 7 to 11 mph...becoming southwest 6 to 8 mph overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 21 mph...becoming west 13 to 15 mph overnight. Haines Index........3 to 4 OR very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Smoke Dispersal....Poor (MIN...44). TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........67 79 64 57 50 42 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............67 63 60 59 58 55 RH..............64 78 88 92 95 100 EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE S SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.11 10 10 6 8 6 EYE LVL WND GST.16 14 13 8 12 7 MIX HGT (KFT)...2200 700 600 500 600 500 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 4 4 4 SMOKE DISPER....396 97 64 56 77 61 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Max temperature.....Around 77. Min humidity........35 percent. Eye level winds.....West winds 7 to 14 mph...increasing to 16 to 18 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 13 to 20 mph...increasing to 23 to 31 mph late in the morning. Haines Index........4 to 5 OR low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Smoke Dispersal....Excellent (MAX...797)...increasing to excellent (MAX...1580) in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........35 13 10 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 61 70 76 RH..............99 76 51 37 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 8 SW 10 W 14 W 18 EYE LEVEL WIND..12 13 19 25 MIX HGT (FT)....500 1500 4200 6800 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 SMOKE DISPER....65 228 917 1817 $$ Forecaster...Considine Requested by...Nate Stearns Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413322.0/DTX .DELDT 05/07/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL stearnsn@michigan.gov