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FNUS73 KMQT 231709
FWSMQT
SPOT FORECAST FOR WELLS FIRE...DELTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
109 PM EDT THU OCT 23 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 EDT ON OCTOBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS PERSIST OUT OF THE NW THE REST OF TODAY AND INTO FRIDAY. WINDS
CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 20MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEN
WIND GUSTS GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. FRIDAY, EXPECT NW
WINDS AROUND 5-10MPH WITH SOME 15MPH GUSTS EARLY IN THE DAY.
MEANWHILE, SPOTTY LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE TO REACH THE
SITE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON, BUT LITTLE MORE THAN TRACE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. TONIGHT AND FRIDAY, RAIN CHANCES WILL BE
MORE TO THE EAST WITH A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER EXPECTED AT THE FIRE
SITE. TEMPERATURES STAY RATHER COOL, PEAKING ONLY IN THE MID/UPPER
40S TODAY AND FRIDAY, AND FALLING BACK INTO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 60%.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT FORECAST START...MAX 47.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 64 PERCENT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 INCHES.
SURFACE WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........47 58 68 65 62
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 20 20
TEMP............46 46 46 45 44
RH..............66 64 65 66 68
SURFACE WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW
SURFACE WND SPD.12 12 12 12 12
SURFACE WND GST.20 20 20 20 20
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 95 PERCENT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 INCHES.
SURFACE WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........51 41 32 32 30 29 29 30 30 34 36 36
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............43 41 39 38 37 36 36 35 35 34 35 34
RH..............70 75 79 83 86 87 90 89 91 93 91 93
SURFACE WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
SURFACE WND SPD.10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
SURFACE WND GST.20 20 20 18 18 18 17 17 17 16 16 16
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49.
RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
SURFACE WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 23 19 29 30 24 17 17 21 39 48 51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............34 33 33 36 39 42 45 46 48 48 48 48
RH..............91 95 94 90 85 75 69 63 60 57 57 56
SURFACE WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
SURFACE WND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
SURFACE WND GST.16 16 16 15 15 15 13 13 13 9 9 9
FORECASTER...LC
REQUESTED BY...PAUL GEYER
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 2524351.0/MQT
.DELDT 10/23/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL PGEYER@DELTACOUNTYMI.ORG
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