FNUS76 KMFR 011627
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR FISH LAKE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
927 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0857 PDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...
POSSIBLY BECOMING SCATTERED THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. ON SUNDAY THE CHANCE FOR
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAIN INCREASES...BUT THE TIMING
IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VERY MUCH
TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH THE FLOW ALOFT AT THE
TOP OF THE SMOKE COLUMN WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TODAY.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 0-2 MPH...THEN UPSLOPE
                    WEST 1-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL LATE MORNING...
                    THEN INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AT 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................23 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-96 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING NORTH 0-2 MPH LATE EVENING...
                    THEN DOWNSLOPE EAST 0-2 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-500 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........BECOMING NORTH 5 MPH OR LESS LATE EVENING...THEN
                    EAST 0-5 MPH.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING NORTH 5 MPH OR LESS LATE EVENING...THEN
                    EAST 0-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING WEST 1-2 MPH LATE MORNING...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................24 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...GEORGE TROSI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090801.FISHL.04/MFR