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Spot Forecast for Broomfield...Saginaw Chippewa Tribe Fire Department
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1006 AM EDT Fri Jun 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on June 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (616) 949-5150, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Much of the day will be just cloudy. Rain chances will increase mid
to late afternoon, however drier at in the lower levels will prevent
much rain from reaching the ground. Mostly just sprinkles, or a brief
light shower through 6 pm. Dew points will be increasing with the southerly
winds. This will limit the drop in RH values this afternoon. Best chance
of rain will come overnight tonight.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers.
Temperature.........64 at ignition...Max 74.
RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 7 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise increasing to South 15 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6000 ft
                    AGL.
Mixing winds........South 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....150 /fair/ at ignition. Max...1200 /excellent/.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth at ignition...max 4.

TIME (EDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
Sky (%).........79     86     87     92     98     82
Weather cov.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............64     67     73     74     74     72
RH..............52     51     52     52     64     71
20 ft wind......SE 7   S 9    S 10   S 15   S 13   S 8
20 ft wind gust.15     18     20     20     18     17
Mix hgt (ft)....1400   2600   4500   6000   3000   700
Mixing wind.....S 14   S 17   S 22   S 23   S 17   S 13
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4
Smoke disprsl...150    450    900    1200   510    90

$$
Forecaster...Jeruzal
Requested by...Sgt. Brian C KELLY
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2416842.0/GRR
.DELDT 06/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL BKELLY@SAGCHIP.ORG