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SPOT FORECAST FOR MITTEN RX...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
249 PM PDT WED MAY 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1405 PDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE INCREASING
SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN CHANCES
WILL BEGIN MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS
THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WARMER AND DRY WEATHER RETURNS UNDER HIGH
PRESSURE FRIDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT WARMING INTO THE WEEKEND.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH WITH GUSTS 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 4500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

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.................25 PERCENT.

THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. THEN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1-2 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH WITH GUSTS 10-15 MPH AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 4500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 16 MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT MORNING...THEN ZERO.

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FORECASTER...STAVISH
REQUESTED BY...SHERRY JACOBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090513.MITTE.03/MFR