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Spot Forecast for Fuji Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Marquette MI
448 AM EST Tue Nov 18 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on November 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Any lingering, isolated lake effect showers will taper
off early this morning, yielding calm and dry weather with light winds
for the next few days. Broken lake-induced cloud cover will likely hang
around through this afternoon, with some breaks of sunshine as well.
Minimum humidity values around 60 percent this afternoon with excellent
overnight recoveries. Slightly warmer and drier on Wednesday with minimum
RH closer to 50 percent. Cloud cover increases through the day on Wednesday
ahead of the next system which will bring rain to the area Wednesday night
into Thursday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........26 at ignition...Max 37.
RH..................90 percent at ignition...Min 60 percent.
33-foot winds.......Light winds becoming northwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming northwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition increasing to 3000 ft AGL
late in the morning, then decreasing to 1500 ft AGL
late in the afternoon.
Ventilation index...Poor (19) at ignition. Max...fair (198.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......10 increasing above 20 in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  59  52  56  60  60  57  56  54  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............26  29  32  33  35  35  36  36  35  34
RH..............91  83  76  69  64  61  61  60  62  66
33 ft wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
33 ft wind spd..2   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 ft wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 ft wind spd..2   2   2   2   4   4   4   4   4   4
Wind gust.......4   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.4 2.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.0 1.3
VIndx kt-ft/100.2   6   11  16  19  20  17  20  18  8
Ceiling (kft)...13  13  11  9.0 9.7 9.5 15  13  13  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 23.
RH..................Max 95-100 percent.
33-foot winds.......Light winds.
20-foot winds.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor (20.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......15-20.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........46  46  41  45  47  51  49  49  48  44  39  37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............32  28  28  28  27  26  25  25  25  24  24  24
RH..............73  83  83  84  87  87  92  90  92  98  97  97
33 ft wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
33 ft wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 ft wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 ft wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wind gust.......5   5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
VIndx kt-ft/100.7   3   3   2   3   4   4   2   2   2   3   3
Ceiling (kft)...20  16  22  20  17  15  13  12  13  14  16  14

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Increasing clouds in the afternoon (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 42.
RH..................Min 50-55 percent.
33-foot winds.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor (20.0).
Ceiling (kft).......10.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35  31  42  43  43  49  50  51  57  64  70  75
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............24  24  26  29  33  36  39  40  41  41  40  38
RH..............98  95  90  87  76  67  59  55  52  54  57  66
33 ft wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
33 ft wind spd..2   2   2   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 ft wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 ft wind spd..2   2   2   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Wind gust.......6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.1 0.8
VIndx kt-ft/100.2   2   2   5   7   9   12  13  12  11  8   6
Ceiling (kft)...12  11

$$
Forecaster...CB
Requested by...Rob Macdonald
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526171.0/MQT
.DELDT 11/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL robert.j.macdonald@usda.gov