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Spot Forecast for Fox Nature Preserve RX...Oakland Township Parks & Recreation
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
638 AM EDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 EDT on March 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High pressure influence keeps conditions mainly dry
today, although cloud cover will increase this afternoon. Limited
low level moisture keeps minimum RH values around 40 percent today.
Gulf moisture lifts into the region on Friday and much warmer
temperatures as a warm front lifts into lower Michigan. Showers and
a few elevated thunderstorms will be possible on Friday as
temperatures warm to near 70 degrees. An unsettled pattern persists
through the weekend with episodes of heavy rain possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 12 to 17 mph.
Dewpoint............29...increasing to 33 late in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....West winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 23 mph...becoming west 28 to 29
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke Dispersal....Excellent (MAX...887)...increasing to excellent
                   (MAX...1568) late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%)..........27  26  42  46  58  57  52
WEATHER COV......
WEATHER TYPE.....
TEMP.............45  49  52  54  54  53  53
RH...............49  44  41  40  41  45  48
EYE LVL WND DIR.W   W   W   W   W   W   W
EYE LVL WND SPD.10  10  12  13  13  14  13
EYE LVL WND GST.16  18  18  20  20  20  19
MIX HGT (KFT)....1.8 3.0 4.4 6.5 6.3 5.1 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
TRANSP WIND SPD..17  21  23  28  29  29  28
SMOKE DISPER......26  54  89  157 157 127 110

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent)becoming mostly
                    cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    early in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 6 to 15 mph...becoming northwest
                    around 5 mph late in the evening,
                    then becoming light late in the
                    evening...becoming east around 5 mph early in
                    the morning.
Dewpoint............32.
Eye level winds.....West winds 5 to 12 mph...becoming northwest
                    around 4 mph late in the evening,
                    then becoming light late in the
                    evening...becoming east around 4 mph early in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 22 to 26 mph...decreasing to 10 to 15 mph
                    early in the evening, then becoming north 8
                    to 10 mph overnight...becoming east 6 to 12 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke Dispersal....Poor (MIN...22).

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)..........39     46     38     32     78     72
WEATHER COV......
WEATHER TYPE.....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP.............52     47     42     39     36     34
RH...............50     59     73     81     87     90
EYE LVL WND DIR.W      W      NW     N      NE     E
EYE LVL WND SPD.12     5      4      2      2      2
EYE LVL WND GST.18     11     8      6      6      6
MIX HGT (KFT)....3700   700    500    400    400    900
TRANSP WIND DIR..W      W      W      N      E      E
TRANSP WIND SPD..26     15     12     10     6      9
SMOKE DISPER......86     9      5      3      2      7

$$
Forecaster...Behnke
Requested by...Ben VanderWeide
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508044.0/DTX
.DELDT 03/27/25
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.EMAIL bvanderweide@oaklandtownship.org