FNUS76 KMFR 280001 CCA
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR DESERT RIDGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
500 PM PDT MON JUL 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1619 PDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE.
EAST WINDS TONIGHT AND THE NEXT NIGHT DO NOT LOOK TO BE ANY MORE
SUBSTANTIAL THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED THIS PAST MORNING. TUESDAY SHOULD
BE VERY SIMILAR TO MONDAY...EXCEPT A LITTLE WARMER AND A LITTLE DRIER.
ON WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. ALTOGETHER...
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE BURN AREA WILL SEE A THUNDERSTORM...BUT THE
PARK MAY EXPERIENCE ONE...MOST LIKELY FORMING NEAR TO SOUTHEAST
OF THE CRATER RIM. ANY STORM THAT DOES FORM WILL BE SHORT LIVED
AND PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN AND PROBABLY NOT MUCH LIGHTNING. THE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A FEW CUMULUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 1-3 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS EARLY...INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.


.TUESDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING NORTHEAST 1-3 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    THEN EAST 2-4 MPH TOWARD MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL LATE EVENING THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING EAST 5-15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.


.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON
                    DRY THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 1-3 MPH...BECOMING CALM MIDDAY...THEN UPSLOPE
                    SOUTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5-10 MPH THEN UPSLOPE TO THE RIDGE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...AND NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH ABOVE THE
                    RIDGE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...KLAMATH FALLS INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090727.DESER.01/MFR