FNUS76 KMFR 030801
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOFF BUTTE...MEDFORD INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
101 AM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0029 PDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AND ANOTHER DAY OF HOT
TEMPERATURE WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHERN SISKIYOU
COUNTY WILL BE ISOLATED. UNSTABLE AIR MASS SHIFTS A BIT TO THE
EAST OF THE FIRE AREA ON SATURDAY BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY CUMULUS
BUILDUPS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED NEAR THE FIRE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1 TO 3 MPH UNTIL 0900 THEN TURNING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER 1700.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 15000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...RICHARD SCHMID
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090703.GOFFB.01/MFR