Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
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Spot Forecast for Jackpine Plains 2.0...MDNR
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
433 AM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EDT on August 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative... contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at (989)732-9306, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Patchy fog this morning will burn off quickly, followed by mostly
sunny skies and temperatures warming into the upper 70s to low
80s. RHs look to fall into the upper 30s to low 40s, with 20 ft
winds around 5-10 mph. West-southwest winds could gust about 15
mph, with lake breezes developing in the afternoon.
Next chances for showers/ storms arrive late tonight lasting
through Wednesday. Some strong to severe storms will be possible,
with medium chances (40-60 percent) for showers/storms to produce
heavy rain, lightning, large hail and damaging wind gusts.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........43 percent.
20-foot winds.......Light winds.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......400-1300 ft AGL increasing to 4600-5700 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (16.0-399.0).
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27 26 29 49 36 34 26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............68 71 73 75 76 77 77
RH..............59 51 48 46 44 43 43
20 ft wind dir..W W W W W W W
20 ft wind spd..3 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 ft wind gust.7 8 8 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.7 4.6 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.7
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W SW
Transp wind spd.6 7 7 7 8 8 8
Vrate kt-ft.....124 225 274 316 376 394 399
Ventrate Cat....PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers early in the morning.
Chance of thunder...8 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........90 percent.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph after 3
am.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL decreasing to 400-500 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to fair (22.0-294.0).
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45 47 49 44 34 19 17 22 36 56 38 53
Weather cov..... SCH
Weather type.... RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Temp............76 74 71 67 64 62 60 59 58 58 58 57
RH..............45 50 57 65 73 79 84 86 87 85 83 83
20 ft wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
20 ft wind spd..5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7
20 ft wind gust.7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 2.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 10
Vrate kt-ft.....294 125 36 22 24 25 26 26 30 36 43 43
Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of rain
showers early in the morning. Chance of
thunderstorms late in the morning. Rain showers
likely late in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...45 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........76 percent.
20-foot winds.......South winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late in the morning.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......500-2300 ft AGL increasing to 2000-2800 ft AGL
late in the afternoon.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (47.0-386.0).
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........69 57 40 65 75 51 61 82 76 84 56 68
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 50 50 50 40
Temp............57 57 58 62 67 68 69 71 73 73 74 73
RH..............83 87 90 87 81 81 81 79 76 79 79 81
20 ft wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 ft wind spd..8 8 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12
20 ft wind gust.18 18 18 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.8
Transp wind dir.S S SW S S S SW S SW S SW SW
Transp wind spd.12 12 13 16 16 16 18 18 17 15 16 16
Vrate kt-ft.....47 50 71 162 214 265 371 319 373 265 355 386
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD GD FR GD GD
$$
Forecaster...NSC
Requested by...6-50
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/25/26
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.EMAIL JANISSEM@michigan.gov,CORSERJ@MICHIGAN.GOV