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FNUS73 KAPX 121521
FWSAPX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BENZIE BURN...MICHIGAN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1121 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON JUNE 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A WARM FRONT LIFTING TOWARD THE AREA WILL PROVIDE
INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WHILE
SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT BECOME RATHER GUSTY. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE BY LATE
AFTERNOON...WITH WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
AFTER 8 PM.
TEMPERATURE.........81 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.
RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 13 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 TO 5500 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (1400) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT
(1700).
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 66.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 24 TO 28 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST 17 TO 18 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN POOR(0).
FORECASTER...DAVID LAWRENCE
REQUESTED BY...STEVE CROSS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20080612.BENZI.02/APX
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