FNUS76 KMFR 121932 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR DESERT RIDGE...MFR ODF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1232 PM PDT SUN JUL 12 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1159 PDT ON JULY 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE SOUTH OREGON COAST WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON THIS AFTERNOON WITH A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE AT THE BURN SITE. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY A THERMAL TROUGH BUILDS ALONG THE COAST WITH DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WITH WARMER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................26 PERCENT. LAL.................3. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....46. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT WIND. CWR.................27 PERCENT. LAL.................2. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...OBRIEN REQUESTED BY...KRISTINA SHEPPARD TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU .TAG 20090712.DESER.01/MFR