FOUM67 KWBC 101200 OUTPUT FROM NGM 12Z MAR 10 97 TTPTTR1R2R3 VVVLI PSDDFF HHT1T3T5 DTW//784932 -1818 182815 34009891 06000476075 -3117 162612 38049995 12000377014 04107 092220 39090396 18000537023 00102 062627 37070397 24000945808 -1007 103220 27999792 30000574124 -1514 183213 25009490 36000493219 -1916 223217 23009388 42000543316 -1917 253215 24999389 48000634440 -2519 273116 27989491 ^^^^^^ NGM FOU forecast for DTW: TT - Hours after model execution (12 UTC, 10 MAR) PPT - 6-hourly precipitation (hundreths of an inch) R1, R2, R3 - Mean relative humidities in 3 atmospheric layers VVV - Upward air velocity (microbars/sec) LI - Lifted Index PS - Sea level surface pressure (mb, last 2 whole digits included) DDFF - Mean boundary layer wind direction (36 compass points) & speed (knots) HH - 500 mb height (m - first digit omitted) T1, T3, T5 - Mean temperatures in 3 model layers 1, 3, & 5; different from those for R1, R2, & R3 (deg C, 99 = -1, 98 = -2, etc.) Most relevant to cloudiness are R1, R2, & R3. Model forecasts mean layer 2 relative humidity increase from 49 to 70 % during the 12 UTC to 00 UTC period, which agrees with cloudiness observed. Broken cloudiness was forecast to continue past 00 UTC, which satellite imagery does not so clearly indicate. You may notice that because clouds are much thinner than layers 1, 2, 3 (roughly corresponding to low clouds to lowest high clouds), a *mean layer* relative humidity does not have to be near 100 % with clouds some place in it.