FNUS76 KMFR 211233
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PLEASANT VALLEY...KFRA BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
533 AM PDT TUE APR 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...VERY WARM AND DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
BURN AREA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE LIES OVER OUR REGION.  MOISTURE ALOFT
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CUMULUS BUILDUPS NEAR THE BURN...
THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN EVENING THUNDERSTORM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN COOLER WEATHER. FURTHER
COOLING IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AS A MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS
THE BURN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY...TURNING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE TURNING NORTHWEST TO NORTH 2 TO 5
                    MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL MIDDAY.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF AN EVENING THUNDERSTORM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 TO 80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT WIND.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 THIS EVENING...THEN LAL 1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BUT COOLER.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON .
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...GETTMAN
REQUESTED BY...JUSITN PYLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090421.PLEAS.01/MFR