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Spot Forecast for County line piles...USFS
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
623 AM EST Tue Dec 2 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EST on December 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative... contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (989)732-9306, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Ongoing light snow showers will continue for the next 1-2 hours
before moving east of the burn site, leaving precipitation-free
conditions for the remainder of the day. Light west-southwest winds
will be in place today with sustained 20 ft speeds between 5-10 mph.
Occasional gusts to around 15 mph will be possible this afternoon.
Mixing heights will increase to around 3kft this afternoon with some
clearing cloud cover aiding low-level mixing. Minimum RHs between 60-
70 percent are anticipated today.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 29.
Min humidity........66 percent.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......800-2600 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (70.0-306.0).

TIME (EST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65  62  59  56  61  66  71  68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............21  24  26  28  28  29  28  27
RH..............96  84  78  71  71  66  68  71
20 ft wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 ft wind spd..6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 ft wind gust.10  10  12  12  12  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.6 2.4 1.9 0.8
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   SW  W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   9   10  13  12  9
Vrate kt-ft.....70  102 119 174 267 306 224 73
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  FR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow showers overnight.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 18.
Max humidity........96 percent.
20-foot winds.......Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    after 3 am.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 20
                    mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400-1200 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to fair (49.0-239.0).

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........65  62  63  64  65  72  80  87  90  93  96  95
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............25  23  21  22  20  20  21  19  22  22  23  24
RH..............74  81  84  77  84  84  84  96  84  88  84  81
20 ft wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 ft wind spd..6   6   6   7   7   7   9   9   9   10  10  10
20 ft wind gust.12  12  12  14  14  14  18  18  18  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   10  10  12  13  15  17  18  18  18  20  18
Vrate kt-ft.....72  68  49  49  53  67  204 213 213 220 239 121
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Snow showers likely in
                    the morning. Snow showers in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...4 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 31.
Min humidity........78 percent.
20-foot winds.......Southwest winds 8 to 9 mph shifting to the west
                    7 to 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 24 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 18 to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700-2600 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (114.0-546.0).

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94  93  93  92  92  92  91  91  90  90  89  88
Weather cov.....SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............24  24  24  26  28  30  30  31  30  30  28  27
RH..............81  84  88  88  85  81  81  78  81  78  81  81
20 ft wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 ft wind spd..10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  10
20 ft wind gust.21  21  21  22  22  22  21  21  21  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.18  17  18  20  23  24  23  22  21  20  18  18
Vrate kt-ft.....145 114 296 329 393 476 531 546 535 504 469 442
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...DJC
Requested by...Travis wiltse
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526834.0/APX
.DELDT 12/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL travis.a.wiltse@usda.gov