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Spot Forecast for Verona Central...MIDNR
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
Issued by National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
302 PM EDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 EDT on April 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions expected through the daytime hours on Friday as high
pressure moves overhead. By afternoon clouds will begin to increase
with mostly sunny skies expected. Winds will increase to 15-20 mph by
afternoon gusting 20-25 mph at times. Winds will be from the southeast.
Rain showers hold off until around 3-4am Saturday and continue into
Saturday morning. Relative Humidity values fall into the upper 30s by
afternoon before climbing again by mid evening.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 22 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Smoke Dispersal....Good (MAX...598).

TIME (EDT)      4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........31  43
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............59  60
RH..............40  40
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE  SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.14  14
EYE LVL WND GST.21  21
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 3.6
HAINES INDEX....5   5
SMOKE DISPER....688 677

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers early in the evening. Rain showers
                    overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Eye level winds.....Breezy. Southeast winds 13 to 20 mph. Gusts up
                    to 33 mph...increasing to 38 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 25 mph...becoming south around
                    26 mph after 3 am.
Haines Index........3 to 5 OR low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Smoke Dispersal....Poor (MIN...79).

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........56     76     85     89     91     89
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............59     56     51     51     51     52
RH..............43     51     59     62     69     75
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.13     13     14     17     17     19
EYE LVL WND GST.20     19     22     24     25     29
MIX HGT (KFT)...2900   700    600    800    800    1000
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      3      3
SMOKE DISPER....542    91     113    152    183    224

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Rain showers and
                    slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning,
                    then rain showers likely and chance of
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Eye level winds.....Breezy. South winds 18 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 26 to 31 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Smoke Dispersal....Excellent (MAX...686).

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
SKY (%).........86        85        87        74
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE    LIKELY    LIKELY    CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
TEMP............54        56        63        69
RH..............80        83        79        68
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 20      S 20      S 20      S 18
EYE LEVEL WIND..30        30        30        28
MIX HGT (FT)....1100      1200      2000      3000
HAINES INDEX....3         3         3         3
SMOKE DISPER....257       290       491       790

$$
Forecaster...Thomas (NWS Grand Rapids)
Requested by...Jennifer Hansen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412475.0/DTX
.DELDT 04/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL hansenj4@michigan.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
