FNUS76 KMFR 221430 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR CURRY HWD 3...COOS BAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 730 AM PDT WED APR 22 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE THERMAL TROUGH IS LOCATED OVER THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT INLAND LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS SHIFT WILL ALLOW THE LOW LEVEL WINDS TO TURN MORE ONSHORE AND INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHEST AND HUMIDITY LOWEST THIS MORNING WITH THE THERMAL TROUGH STILL OVER THE AREA...THEN CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST TO EAST 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTHERLY AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FEET AGL THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 20 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HOLTZ REQUESTED BY...BARRY HOGGE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090422.CURRY.01/MFR