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Spot Forecast for Ridge Fire Spot Weather...DNR
National Weather Service Marquette MI
445 AM EDT Fri Oct 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on October 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure moving overhead will yield cool and dry conditions
from today into the weekend. Minimum humidity values will be in the 50s
each afternoon with excellent overnight recoveries. Winds are expected to
be light, generally staying below 10 mph through Sunday. There are no
fire weather concerns for the foreseeable future.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........32 at forecast start...Max 47.
RH..................97 percent at forecast start...Min 55-60 percent.
Dewpoint............32.
33-foot winds.......Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
20-foot winds.......Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at forecast start...increasing to
2600-3000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Ventilation index...Poor (61) at forecast start. Max...good
                    (345.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......5.0 in the morning increasing to 25 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........42  31  25  20  21  25  14  22  21  15  8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............32  32  32  35  39  41  43  45  46  46  46
Dewpoint........31  31  31  33  33  33  33  33  33  33  33
RH..............97  96  99  91  81  74  67  63  62  59  60
33 ft wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
33 ft wind spd..6   6   8   8   8   8   8   8   6   6   6
20 ft wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 ft wind spd..5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5
Wind gust.......14  14  14  14  14  13  13  13  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.8 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.8
VIndx kt-ft/100.6   6   8   22  30  34  31  35  32  30  28
Ceiling (kft)...18  16  15  5.8 8.4 21  23  23  23  21  24

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 31.
RH..................Max 95 percent.
Dewpoint............32.
33-foot winds.......Light winds.
20-foot winds.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......300-1800 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor (13.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......22.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   6   5   4   3   8   15  17  20  17  26  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............44  41  37  35  33  33  32  32  32  32  31  32
Dewpoint........34  34  33  33  32  31  30  30  30  30  30  30
RH..............66  74  87  92  96  95  94  93  91  95  96  92
33 ft wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
33 ft wind spd..3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3
20 ft wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 ft wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wind gust.......6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
VIndx kt-ft/100.11  3   2   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3
Ceiling (kft)...24  24  24  24  24  24  24  23  22  22  22  22

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 53.
RH..................Min 50-60 percent.
Dewpoint............30 increasing to 40.
33-foot winds.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in
                    the afternoon.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Fair (266.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......20 in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  21  21  23  11  19  17  28  37  43  42  34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............31  31  31  33  38  43  47  50  52  52  53  52
Dewpoint........29  29  29  31  34  36  36  37  38  39  40  41
RH..............92  94  94  92  85  76  67  61  58  62  62  66
33 ft wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
33 ft wind spd..3   3   3   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8
20 ft wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 ft wind spd..2   2   2   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
Wind gust.......8   8   8   11  11  11  12  12  12  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1
VIndx kt-ft/100.3   3   3   3   3   7   12  16  22  27  25  21
Ceiling (kft)...22  21  20  20  21  21

$$
Forecaster...CB
Requested by...Avi Shalom
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2624580.3/MQT
.DELDT 10/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gloverp@michigan.gov,murphyK1@michigan.gov,shaloma@michigan.gov