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Spot Forecast for Watersmeet Admin Rx attempt 3...USFS
National Weather Service Marquette MI
306 PM EDT Sun Sep 20 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on September 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High pressure will maintain quiet weather over the next
few days, with light east winds expected through the period. Highs will
top out in the 60s each day, with minimum RH values falling into the mid
30s each afternoon. Overnight recovery will be excellent as temperatures
drop into the 30s, with frost likely Tuesday morning. No precipitation is
expected for much of the coming week.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 63.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Dewpoint............36.
33-foot winds.......East winds around 5 mph.
20-foot winds.......East winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......2900-3900 ft AGL.
Ventilation index...Fair to good (286.0-347.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......25.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........53  65  76  63  61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  60  62  63  62
Dewpoint........37  36  35  35  35
RH..............45  40  37  35  36
33 ft wind dir..E   E   E   E   E
33 ft wind spd..5   5   5   5   5
20 ft wind dir..E   E   E   E   E
20 ft wind spd..4   4   4   4   4
Wind gust.......10  10  8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.9
VIndx kt-ft/100.29  30  33  35  35
Ceiling (kft)...22  22  22  22  22

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Patchy frost
                    early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 33.
RH..................Max 100 percent.
Dewpoint............36.
33-foot winds.......Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
20-foot winds.......Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......1700-3600 ft AGL decreasing to 400-600 ft AGL
                    early in the evening.
Ventilation index...Poor to fair (26.0-287.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......21 in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........55  68  70  77  79  73  60  68  56  49  48  48
Weather cov.....                                            PTY
Weather type....                                            FST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  57  54  51  48  45  43  41  39  38  37  36
Dewpoint........35  36  38  38  38  38  37  36  36  36  36  35
RH..............40  46  56  63  68  74  79  83  88  91  94  99
33 ft wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
33 ft wind spd..5   5   5   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1
20 ft wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 ft wind spd..4   4   4   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1
Wind gust.......8   8   8   10  10  10  8   8   8   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
VIndx kt-ft/100.29  14  5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Ceiling (kft)...22  22  21  22  22  22

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Areas of frost
                    early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 65.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Dewpoint............35 increasing to 39 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
33-foot winds.......Light winds becoming east 5 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
20-foot winds.......Light winds becoming east up to 5 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......400-2000 ft AGL increasing to 2600-3900 ft AGL
                    in the afternoon.
Ventilation index...Poor to good (22.0-437.0).
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Ceiling (kft).......25.

TIME (CDT)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........48  51  41  30  21  12  9   7   4   3   3   2
Weather cov.....ARS ARS PTY
Weather type....FST FST FST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............34  33  35  40  47  52  56  58  61  63  65  65
Dewpoint........34  33  35  37  39  41  41  39  38  37  37  37
RH..............100 100 100 89  76  67  57  49  42  37  35  35
33 ft wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
33 ft wind spd..1   1   1   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 ft wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 ft wind spd..1   1   1   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Wind gust.......6   6   6   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 2.0 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.6
VIndx kt-ft/100.3   3   2   5   11  20  27  33  37  42  44  40
Ceiling (kft)...

$$
Forecaster...CB
Requested by...William Meginley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622193.0/MQT
.DELDT 09/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL william.meginley@usda.gov