FNUS76 KMFR 182215
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST PITT...US FISH & WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
215 PM PST WED FEB 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PST ON FEBRUARY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN BEHIND THE EXITING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING A DRY PATTERN WITH OFFSHORE FLOW
KEEPING THE RIDGES RELATIVELY WARM. THIS DRY PATTERN CHANGES TO A
WET PATTERN SATURDAY NIGHT AS A UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SITS OVER THE
WEST COAST...BRINGING ONE FRONT AFTER ANOTHER THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK. WINDS START FROM THE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY MORNING...AND BECOME
SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS...COMBINED WITH SOUTHERLY
TRANSPORT WINDS MAY BRING SMOKE INTO THE ALTURAS AREA. WINDS ON
FRIDAY ARE LOOKING TO BE VERY LIGHT WITH INVERSION BREAKING AROUND
NOON AND AN MIXING HEIGHT OF 3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
MIXING WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 3 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-51 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......SURFACE...INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 16 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090219.WESTP.01/MFR