773
FNUS73 KMQT 242056
FWSMQT
SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUEBERRY PRAIRIE RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
456 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 EDT ON OCTOBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SOUTHERLY WINDS SLOWLY VEER WITH TIME TO THE WEST AND EVENTUALLY
NORTHWEST THE REST OF TODAY INTO SUNDAY AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS FRONT COULD BRING SOME LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS TO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, BUT THINKING
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH (<5% CHANCE FOR
GREATER THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL). WINDS WILL CALM DOWN
TONIGHT AS THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT PASSES BY. CALMER NORTHWEST WINDS
AND DRY CONDITIONS (AFTER EARLY THIS MORNING) ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........72 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............47.
33-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
25 MPH.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2900 FT
AGL.
VENTILATION INDEX...EXCELLENT (659) AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT
(659.0).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......24.
TIME (EDT) 5PM
SKY (%).........24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0
CHC OF THDR (%).0
TEMP............72
DEWPOINT........47
RH..............41
33 FT WIND DIR..S
33 FT WIND SPD..12
20 FT WIND DIR..S
20 FT WIND SPD..10
WIND GUST.......20
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9
VINDX KT-FT/100.66
CEILING (KFT)...24
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...4 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 95 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............49.
33-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2000 FT AGL.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR TO FAIR (35.0-282.0).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.02 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......21 DECREASING TO 2.4.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........54 48 67 77 77 87 93 92 96 93 90 81
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 30 40 40 50 20 10 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 66 63 61 60 60 58 57 56 54 50 48
DEWPOINT........47 47 49 49 49 50 51 51 51 50 49 47
RH..............44 51 59 64 68 70 76 81 85 87 95 94
33 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW W W W W W W
33 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
WIND GUST.......20 20 20 18 18 18 12 12 12 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.0
VINDX KT-FT/100.28 15 9 7 6 5 4 4 10 17 20 20
CEILING (KFT)...23 21 16 12 11 6.9 5.9 3.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.7
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...3 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............42 DECREASING TO 27.
33-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST
AROUND 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2100 FT AGL.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR TO FAIR (56.0-235.0).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......2.9 INCREASING TO 13.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........79 79 69 55 47 52 44 25 50 62 61 74
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 44 44 43 45 49 52 54 55 57 56 55
DEWPOINT........44 42 40 38 40 39 36 34 31 29 27 25
RH..............90 91 83 82 81 68 54 46 39 34 32 31
33 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W W W W NW NW NW
33 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
WIND GUST.......10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.4 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.9
VINDX KT-FT/100.10 13 7 6 9 13 17 17 21 24 23 21
CEILING (KFT)...2.9 3.2 3.7 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.5 9.2 13 13 13 13
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