FNUS76 KMFR 022037
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BURNT PEAK...ODF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
137 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS......

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING YIELDING THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE FIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED
BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID-EVENING. IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL
DIMINISH ON MONDAY...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
THUNDERSTORM.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS
                    POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-82 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 0-2 MPH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-99.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 0-2 MPH MORNING...THEN WEST-NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...KRISTINA SHEPPARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090802.BURNT.02/MFR