892
FNUS73 KDTX 151314
FWSDTX
SPOT FORECAST FOR CHATFIELD 2026 PRESCRIBED BURN...CITY OF LAPEER FIRE-RESCUE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
914 AM EDT WED APR 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1008 EDT ON APRIL 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WARMER CONDITIONS WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY EXPECTED THIS
WEEK. AN ACTIVE PATTERN WILL BRING PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. MINIMUM RH VALUES RISE TO NEAR 70
PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL....GOOD (MAX...387).
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
SKY (%)..........86 82 82 86 84 80 74 86
WEATHER COV......CHC CHC CHC LKY DEF LKY DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE.....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TEMP.............67 68 70 70 69 71 70 71
RH...............87 84 79 78 78 71 73 71
MIX HGT (KFT)....1.4 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD..21 23 17 20 20 18 17 18
SMOKE DISPER......25 35 25 30 36 39 37 33
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE NIGHT. SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL....POOR (MIN...48).
TIME (EDT) 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT
SKY (%)..........74 77 84 80 87 86
WEATHER COV......LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE.....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP.............70 67 65 63 63 61
RH...............73 80 85 88 89 94
MIX HGT (KFT)....1700 600 700 700 700 700
TRANSP WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD..15 9 14 15 15 13
SMOKE DISPER......22 5 8 9 9 8
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH...INCREASING TO 23 TO 32
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL....EXCELLENT (MAX...1058).
TIME (EDT) 2 AM 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM
SKY (%)..........92 71 82 74
WEATHER COV......DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE.....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP.............60 62 66 68
RH...............97 94 84 76
MIX HGT (KFT)....800 1200 2800 3600
MIXNG WIND......S 12 SW 18 SW 30 SW 31
SMOKE DISPER......8 20 74 96
FORECASTER...RICHTER
REQUESTED BY...CPT. JERRAD WITTKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609961.1/DTX
.DELDT 04/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JWITTKE@CI.LAPEER.MI.US
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