Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Eden RX...USFS
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
938 AM EDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on April 22.
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...
High pressure over the area this morning will start to shift east
of the area today. A system to our west will try to move in later today.
A few showers may affect the area late this afternoon and tonight,
with only light rain amounts expected. Another weak system will
approach the area on Wednesday, and will bring another chance of rain
showers to the area Wednesday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). 20 percent chance
                    of a shower late this afternoon.
Temperature.........47 at ignition...Max 61.
RH..................59 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    West winds 6 to 10 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4000 ft
                    AGL.
Mixing winds........West 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south
                    around 5 mph in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....100 /fair/ at ignition. Max...600 /excellent/.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
Sky (%).........31  42  31  42  56  67  80  83  86  84  83  75
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............47  50  53  55  57  58  60  58  57  54  53  51
RH..............59  56  46  43  40  32  28  33  38  48  59  68
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   N   S
20 FT wind spd..7   9   10  9   9   9   9   8   3   3   1   3
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  12  12  10  10  9   8   6   3   7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 2.3 3.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.2 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.3
Mixing wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   S   S   S   S   S
Mixing wind spd.10  12  12  12  12  13  14  15  14  12  6   8
Smoke disprsl...100 260 380 420 460 540 600 100 100 80  30  30

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers.
Temperature.........Min 43.
RH..................Max 95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph, then
                    becoming light toward daybreak.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 6 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....20 (poor).

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of afternoon
                    showers.
Temperature.........Max 73.
RH..................Min 42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 7 to 10 mph shifting to the south 10
                    to 14 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....30 (poor) early in the morning increasing to
                    580 (good) in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Jeruzal
Requested by...Nieland
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511309.0/GRR
.DELDT 04/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Jeff.Nieland@usda.gov