Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI
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FNUS73 KMQT 290846
FWSMQT
Spot Forecast for Paula Red Rx...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Marquette MI
446 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on September 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Any lingering low clouds or fog will dissipate by mid
to late morning. Then expect a warm and sunny day with light southerly
winds helping temperatures to warm into the 70s but keeping minimum RH
values up in the 40s. Rain chances increase late tonight and persist
through Wednesday, with rainfall most likely rain fall amounts between
a tenth and a quarter inch.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........59 at ignition...Max 73.
RH..................84 percent at ignition...Min 48 percent.
Dewpoint............53.
33-foot winds.......Winds south at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
afternoon.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 500-2000 ft
AGL increasing to 2500-3500 ft AGL in the
afternoon.
Ventilation index...Poor (22) at ignition. Max...good (360.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......10 increasing to 24.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52 36 31 34 41 39 51 44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 63 68 71 73 73 73 71
Dewpoint........54 55 54 54 53 53 52 52
RH..............84 73 62 55 50 49 48 51
33 ft wind dir..S S S S S S S S
33 ft wind spd..3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8
20 ft wind dir..S S S S S S S S
20 ft wind spd..2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wind gust.......6 6 10 10 10 11 11 11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.1 2.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.6
VIndx kt-ft/100.2 5 14 26 32 36 32 31
Ceiling (kft)...10 22 24 24 25 24 24 24
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain showers
overnight.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Temperature.........Min 54.
RH..................Max 100 percent.
Dewpoint............53.
33-foot winds.......South winds 5 to 8 mph.
20-foot winds.......South winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......400-2000 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to fair (35.0-262.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.02 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......21 decreasing to 3.1.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........58 67 73 80 85 88 93 89 94 91 90 88
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 20 40 50 40 40
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Temp............70 67 61 59 57 56 56 57 57 57 57 56
Dewpoint........52 53 54 54 54 53 53 53 54 54 55 55
RH..............54 61 76 83 89 89 89 88 89 91 94 99
33 ft wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
33 ft wind spd..8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
20 ft wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 ft wind spd..6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Wind gust.......10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 13 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7
VIndx kt-ft/100.26 10 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 9
Ceiling (kft)...23 21 21 17 13 8.7 6.8 5.8 5.1 4.6 3.2 3.1
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain showers
likely through the day.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Temperature.........Max 68.
RH..................Min 79 percent.
Dewpoint............58 increasing to 60 in the afternoon.
33-foot winds.......South winds 8 to 10 mph.
20-foot winds.......South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500-1900 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (64.0-303.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.06 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......2.2 decreasing to 0.7.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90 76 83 84 88 86 85 84 86 86 86 86
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 50 40 40 60 50 60 30 30 50 10
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............56 56 57 59 61 63 64 66 66 67 67 66
Dewpoint........56 56 57 59 60 60 60 61 60 61 61 60
RH..............97 98 100 99 95 92 87 84 81 80 79 82
33 ft wind dir..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
33 ft wind spd..9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 ft wind dir..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 ft wind spd..7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Wind gust.......14 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.6
VIndx kt-ft/100.8 6 10 21 27 28 28 28 30 25 24 24
Ceiling (kft)...2.2 0.9 0.7
$$
Forecaster...CB
Requested by...Robert Macdonald
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622688.0/MQT
.DELDT 09/29/26
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.EMAIL robert.j.macdonald@usda.gov