FNUS76 KMFR 130028
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MITTEN RX...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
528 PM PDT TUE MAY 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WITH MORE MOISTURE WILL
MOVE TOWARDS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE
AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME
GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST BEGINNING IN THE
LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. VERY LIGHT RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. LIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON
THURSDAY. THEN THE AIR MASS WILL ABRUPTLY CHANGE TO A MUCH
WARMER AND DRIER PATTERN FOR FRIDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE MID
                    TO LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 3500-4500 IN THE
                    EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 15
                    TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTS OF 6 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2000 FEET AGL
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 14 TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.


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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...LELAND HUNTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090513.MITTE.02/MFR