167  
FNUS73 KMQT 171147  
FWSMQT  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GERMFASK PILES...USFWS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI  
747 AM EDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 17.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
EXPECT ANTECEDENT DRY AIR TO BRING RHS DOWN INTO THE 20  
PERCENTS BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON AS WINDS PICK UP FROM THE  
SOUTHEAST/SOUTH WITH TIME AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.  
AS THE FRONT APPROACHES, EXPECT THE RHS TO IMPROVE LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE ADVECTS INTO THE AREA; RAINFALL ARRIVES  
TONIGHT. EXPECT THE WINDS TO DIE DOWN LATE TONIGHT ONCE THE WARM  
FRONT PASSES THE AREA.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........27 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.  
RH..................83 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............23 DECREASING TO 20 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON,  
THEN INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
33-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT  
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15  
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.  
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 400-2200 FT  
AGL.  
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (38) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (414.0).  
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.  
CEILING (KFT).......21 DECREASING TO 17 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 22 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
INCREASING TO 24 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........15 32 18 31 33  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............27 38 46 51 54  
DEWPOINT........22 22 20 19 24  
RH..............83 53 36 29 31  
33 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 12 S 14 S 14 SE 15  
20 FT WIND......SE 4 SE 10 S 11 S 11 SE 12  
WIND GUST.......8 14 17 17 18  
MIX HGT (FT)....400 900 1600 2200 1700  
VINDX KT-FT/100.4 11 26 41 31  
CEILING (KFT)...22 19 18 25 24  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS  
OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...9 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.  
RH..................MAX 95 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............30 INCREASING TO 42.  
33-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.  
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1000 FT AGL.  
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR TO FAIR (54.0-164.0).  
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.30 INCHES.  
CEILING (KFT).......21 DECREASING TO 0.7.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........53 75 78 85 88 86  
WEATHER COV..... S CHC LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 20 60 100 90  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............54 48 45 46 45 45  
DEWPOINT........29 32 35 38 42 42  
RH..............38 54 69 74 87 90  
33 FT WIND......SE 15 SE 15 SE 10 S 10 S 10 S 10  
20 FT WIND......SE 12 SE 12 SE 8 S 8 S 8 S 8  
WIND GUST.......18 18 17 19 19 18  
MIX HGT (FT)....1000 400 400 500 400 400  
VINDX KT-FT/100.16 5 6 7 7 8  
CEILING (KFT)...21 6.7 5.0 3.9 2.5 1.0  
 

 
FORECASTER...TAP  
REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW GLENN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2510846.0/MQT  
.DELDT 04/17/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MATTHEW_GLENN@FWS.GOV  
 
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