Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
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Spot Forecast for Parliment RX...USFS
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
553 AM EDT Wed Mar 13 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on March 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative... contact the National Weather
Service.
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.DISCUSSION...Quiet weather is expected across the area today,
with a dry air mass in place and winds generally at or below 10 mph. A
weather disturbance will approach the area tonight into Thursday night,
accompanied by rainfall. Winds will will remain relatively light until
Saturday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........29 percent.
20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL early increasing to 4000 ft AGL
in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
Ventilation index...Excellent (4700.0) increasing to excellent
(54100.0) late in the afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10 10 9 6 5 6 4 7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............45 49 53 56 59 61 61 61
RH..............62 56 48 42 34 31 31 29
20 ft wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 ft wind spd..6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 ft wind gust.9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.0 1.4 2.4 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.5
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.9 8 8 9 10 10 12 10
Vrate kt-ft.....4700770011K 22K 41K 47K 60K 54K
Ventrate Cat....EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........100 percent.
20-foot winds.......North winds 6 mph shifting to the
northeast 5 mph late in the evening, then
becoming light overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the northeast
6 to 8 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL early decreasing to 400-900 ft AGL.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
Ventilation index...Excellent (2100.0).
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13 19 24 16 15 29 42 39 36 46 65 75
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............60 56 51 47 45 43 41 40 38 37 36 33
RH..............32 38 48 56 62 67 73 76 82 82 85 92
20 ft wind dir..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 ft wind spd..7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 ft wind gust.10 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Transp wind dir.NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 8 7 7 7 6 8 7 7 6 6 7
Vrate kt-ft.....42K 71004500260031002700350032002800230021002500
Ventrate Cat....EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
showers late in the morning. Rain showers
likely in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........64 percent.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 13 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 12 mph shifting to the east 16
to 21 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......300-1400 ft AGL.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
large plume dominated fire growth.
Ventilation index...Excellent (1900.0).
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........76 77 77 89 89 89
Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............33 33 39 44 47 47
RH..............92 92 82 70 65 64
20 ft wind dir..NE NE NE E E NE
20 ft wind spd..3 3 8 10 10 13
20 ft wind gust.5 5 12 16 16 20
Mix hgt (ft)....300 300 700 1100 1300 1400
Haines index....5 4 4 4 3 3
Transport wind..NE 6 NE 7 E 12 E 17 E 18 E 21
Vrate kt-ft.....1900 2400 7900 19K 24K 27K
Ventrate Cat....EXNT EXNT EXNT EXNT EXNT EXNT
$$
Forecaster...PBB
Requested by...Travis Wiltse
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/13/24
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.EMAIL travis.a.wiltse@usda.gov