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FNUS73 KMQT 020035
FWSMQT

Spot Forecast for Test-Test-Test Yellow Dog Test...NWS MQT
National Weather Service Marquette MI
835 PM EDT Tue Apr 1 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 2100 EDT on April 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...System will spread snow into the region tonight.
Expecting snow to change to rain by afternoon on Wednesday, with some
potential for freezing rain and sleet by noon. Significant snow
accumulations aren`t expected, but any snow will be wet. Strong winds
will accompany this system; currently expecting southeast winds
tonight upwards of 30 mph with potentially near 40 mph Wednesday.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of snow
                    after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Temperature.........30 at ignition...Min 25.
RH..................66 percent at ignition...Max 82 percent.
Dewpoint............18.
33-foot winds.......Winds southeast at 9 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 9 to 13
                    mph with gusts to around 28 mph.
20-foot winds.......Southeast winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 22 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 300-600 ft
                    AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor (51) at ignition. Min...poor (48.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.02 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......13 increasing to 15 late in the evening, then
                    decreasing to 11 overnight decreasing to 9.3
                    after 3 am decreasing to 7.4 decreasing to 5.4
                    early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........69  75  74  78  78  78  91  92  92
Weather cov.....                        CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  50  40  30
Temp............30  28  26  26  26  26  26  26  26
Dewpoint........20  18  17  18  19  20  20  20  20
RH..............66  68  69  72  75  77  77  76  76
33 ft wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
33 ft wind spd..9   9   9   12  12  12  13  13  13
20 ft wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 ft wind spd..7   7   7   10  10  10  10  10  10
Wind gust.......18  18  18  20  20  20  22  22  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
VIndx kt-ft/100.5   5   5   6   6   7   8   9   9
Ceiling (kft)...13  15  17  15  13  11  9.3 7.4 5.4

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Snow through the day.
                    Rain and light sleet likely in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Temperature.........Max 36.
RH..................Min 76 percent.
Dewpoint............22 increasing to 27 late in the morning.
33-foot winds.......Southeast winds 14 to 22 mph with gusts to
                    around 37 mph.
20-foot winds.......Southeast winds 11 to 18 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph.
Mixing height.......500-2000 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (76.0-572.0) increasing to good to
                    excellent (424.0-606.0) late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.19 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......4.1 decreasing to 0.5.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94  93  94  94  94  96  96  95  94  94  93  92
Weather cov.....CHC SCH CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  20  30  50  70  80  80  70  70  70  70  70
Temp............26  26  26  27  28  29  31  32  32  33  33  34
Dewpoint........20  21  21  22  24  25  27  27  28  28  28  29
RH..............78  81  82  82  83  84  85  84  83  82  82  82
33 ft wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
33 ft wind spd..16  16  16  17  17  17  20  20  20  22  22  22
20 ft wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 ft wind spd..13  13  13  14  14  14  16  16  16  18  18  18
Wind gust.......25  25  25  26  26  26  30  30  30  30  30  30
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.6
VIndx kt-ft/100.8   8   15  28  31  40  41  57  49  61  55  42
Ceiling (kft)...4.1 2.8 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Rain likely in
                    the evening, then chance of rain showers and
                    snow showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Temperature.........Min 30.
RH..................Max 89 percent.
Dewpoint............31 increasing to 34 overnight.
33-foot winds.......Southeast winds 13 to 21 mph with gusts to
                    around 32 mph shifting to the southwest 12 to
                    14 mph with gusts to around 25 mph overnight.
20-foot winds.......South winds 10 to 13 mph with gusts to around
                    26 mph.
Mixing height.......600-1500 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (97.0-320.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.07 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......0.5 increasing increasing to 1.0 decreasing to
                    0.8 overnight decreasing to 0.7.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........90  88  92  86  81  76  72  68  64  69  75  80
Weather cov.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RS
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).70  60  40  40  40  30  30  30  20  20  20  30
Temp............34  34  33  34  35  36  37  37  38  38  38  38
Dewpoint........29  30  30  31  32  33  33  34  35  35  34  33
RH..............82  84  89  89  87  88  88  88  89  88  86  84
33 ft wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
33 ft wind spd..21  21  21  16  16  16  12  12  12  14  14  14
20 ft wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 ft wind spd..17  17  17  13  13  13  10  10  10  11  11  11
Wind gust.......26  26  26  20  20  20  18  18  18  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5
VIndx kt-ft/100.31  22  10  15  13  10  10  13  18  22  27  32
Ceiling (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and snow showers early in the morning,
                    then slight chance of snow showers early in the
                    morning.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Temperature.........Max 38.
RH..................Min 70 percent.
Dewpoint............30.
33-foot winds.......West winds 12 to 17 mph with gusts to around 33
                    mph.
20-foot winds.......West winds 10 to 14 mph with gusts to around 26
                    mph.
Mixing height.......1700-3600 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Good to excellent (378.0-809.0) increasing to
                    excellent (620.0) late in the morning.
Rainfall amount.....0.01 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77  75  72  76  79  83  80  78  75  71  67  63
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RS  RS  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............37  34  32  32  32  33  33  34  35  36  36  36
Dewpoint........32  30  29  28  28  29  29  28  28  28  28  28
RH..............84  85  87  86  85  85  82  79  76  73  72  71
33 ft wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
33 ft wind spd..17  17  17  17  17  17  16  16  16  14  14  14
20 ft wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 ft wind spd..14  14  14  14  14  14  13  13  13  11  11  11
Wind gust.......26  26  26  26  26  26  24  24  24  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.1
VIndx kt-ft/100.38  45  53  67  81  92  97  98  93  87  76  62
Ceiling (kft)...

$$
Forecaster...JTP
Requested by...Joe Phillips
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508656.0/MQT
.DELDT 04/01/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL taylor.prislovsky@noaa.gov