Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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880 FNUS73 KGRR 060432 FWSGRR Spot Forecast for Astor Road Pile Burn...USFS National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1132 PM EST Tue Nov 5 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EST on November 06. 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... Skies will be mostly cloudy Wednesday with just a slight chance of an isolated light rain shower or sprinkle through midday. Winds will be west at less than 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain showers through early afternoon. Temperature.........50 at ignition...Max 55. RH..................96 percent at ignition...Min 71 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the north 5 to 6 mph late in the day. Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....200 /fair/ at ignition. Max...290 /fair/. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 3. TIME (EST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM Sky (%).........90 86 82 64 69 71 Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............50 54 55 54 52 45 RH..............96 80 72 71 74 96 20 ft wind......W 5 NW 8 NW 6 NW 6 N 5 N 2 20 ft wind gust.15 12 14 13 10 7 Mix hgt (ft)....2000 2200 2500 2400 2200 2300 Mixing wind.....NW 10 N 12 N 12 N 12 N 10 N 12 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 Smoke disprsl...200 250 290 280 230 260 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Temperature.........Min 31. RH..................Max 100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL. Mixing winds........North 7 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....260 (fair) early in the evening decreasing to 40 (poor) late in the night. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Max 55. RH..................Min 57 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon, then becoming light in the evening. Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 6 to 9 mph shifting to the west 9 to 10 mph late in the day. Smoke dispersal.....40 (poor) early in the morning increasing to 320 (good) in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Laurens Requested by...Brandon Kelley Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2425851.0/GRR .DELDT 11/06/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brandon.kelley@usda.gov