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Spot Forecast for County Farm Park...Washtenaw Parks
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
835 AM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 EDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A cold front brings a brisk north wind through today
with cloudy conditions early that clear from north to south. There is
a band of drizzle or light rain working south through the area which
should exit the Ann Arbor area by noon. Afternoon min RH will be lowest
in the Tri-Cities where values may dip below 30 percent, and temps
will be below normal in the upper 30s and 40s. High pressure maintains
dry conditions into Thursday and Friday with min RH dipping to the
30 to 40 percent range each afternoon with light east to southeast
wind. A warm-up is expected this weekend with periodic rain chances.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 14 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Smoke Dispersal....Good (MAX...456).

TIME (EDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50  39  24  22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............45  46  47  47
RH..............55  51  45  45
EYE LVL WND DIR.N   N   N   N
EYE LVL WND SPD.10  10  10  10
EYE LVL WND GST.14  13  13  12
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8
HAINES INDEX....5   5   5   5
SMOKE DISPER....525 493 458 457

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Widespread frost
                    after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 8 mph in the evening and
                    overnight...becoming light, then becoming
                    north around 4 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 13 mph...becoming northeast 6 to 9
                    mph overnight.
Haines Index........4 to 5 OR low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Smoke Dispersal....Poor (MIN...28).

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........17     6      1      2      2      3
WEATHER COV.....                                   WIDSPD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FROST
TEMP............47     43     37     33     31     29
RH..............42     44     54     62     67     75
EYE LVL WND DIR.N      N      NE     NE     NE     N
EYE LVL WND SPD.8      6      6      5      4      2
EYE LVL WND GST.11     10     10     7      6      5
MIX HGT (KFT)...3700   700    500    500    700    700
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4      4      4
SMOKE DISPER....403    65     38     40     50     33

$$
Forecaster...Kook
Requested by...Kevin Butler
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412194.0/DTX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Butlerk@washtenaw.org
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
