335
FNUS73 KMQT 071500
FWSMQT
SPOT FORECAST FOR 551 FIRE...MI DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1100 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 EDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER HOLDS UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WHEN A COLD
FRONT USHERS IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WEST. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS,
LIGHTNING, AND POSSIBLE HEAVY DOWNPOURS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
AHEAD OF THIS, SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE FOR THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
APPROACHING 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES RISE
INTO THE MID 80S, MINIMUM RH LIKELY REMAINS AT OR ABOVE 50%. DRY
WEATHER RETURNS TONIGHT AND REMAINS THROUGH SATURDAY AS SIMILAR
TEMPERATURES RETURN. FULL RH RECOVERY TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL BE AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH
WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER RH INTO THE MID 40S.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...6 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........80 AT FORECAST START...MAX 83.
RH..................62 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 55 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............65.
33-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE
3300-4100 FT AGL.
VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (431) AT FORECAST START. MAX...EXCELLENT
(662.0).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.02 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......22 DECREASING TO 21 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........19 18 27 35 45
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............80 81 82 82 83
DEWPOINT........66 65 65 65 65
RH..............62 60 56 56 55
33 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S
33 FT WIND SPD..10 10 13 13 13
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 10 10 10
WIND GUST.......14 14 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0
VINDX KT-FT/100.43 57 60 66 64
CEILING (KFT)...22 22 22 21 21
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...35 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............64 DECREASING TO 61 AFTER 3 AM.
33-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH
AFTER 3 AM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST UP TO 5 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-700 FT AGL
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR TO GOOD (30.0-437.0).
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.10 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......19 DECREASING TO 15 LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN
DECREASING TO 7.1 OVERNIGHT, THEN INCREASING
TO 13 AFTER 3 AM.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........50 55 70 75 91 75 75 55 61 43 32 32
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 40 50 70 40 40 10 10 10 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 40 40 40 30 30 10 10 10 0 0
TEMP............81 79 76 73 70 68 66 65 64 63 61 61
DEWPOINT........65 65 65 66 66 65 65 64 63 63 61 61
RH..............58 63 70 78 86 91 94 95 99 100 100 100
33 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
33 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
WIND GUST.......17 17 17 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 1.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.6
VINDX KT-FT/100.44 23 7 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 7 6
CEILING (KFT)...21 19 20 15 11 11 9.2 7.3 7.1 10 13 14
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............58 DECREASING TO 54 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
33-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6500 FT AGL.
VENTILATION INDEX...POOR TO GOOD (40.0-386.0) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
EXCELLENT (554.0-759.0) IN THE AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......19 INCREASING TO 21 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 15 8 0 0 12 8 5 10 11 13 20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 59 61 64 70 73 75 78 79 80 81 81
DEWPOINT........60 59 59 60 60 59 58 57 55 55 55 54
RH..............99 99 93 85 72 62 55 48 44 43 40 40
33 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W
33 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
WIND GUST.......11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.7 3.0 4.3 5.1 5.8 6.3 6.5 6.3
VINDX KT-FT/100.6 4 7 13 20 39 55 62 64 76 71 70
CEILING (KFT)...19 21 23 23 24 24 23 23 22 22 22 21
FORECASTER...77
REQUESTED BY...AVI SHALOM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/07/26
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