FNUS76 KMFR 020803 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR TUFF...FS-BLY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 103 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0021 PDT ON AUGUST 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTH TONIGHT WITH A FEW EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS TO DECREASE IN THE EARLY MORNING THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING AS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. MONDAY THERE IS ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE LOW OFFSHORE IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND ONSHORE DURING THE MID AND LATTER PORTION OF THIS WEEK. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....88. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON . MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7000-8-00 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH... BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON EXCEPT ABOVE 5000 FT AGL WITH WINDS SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. . CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................3. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WIND 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING VEERING TO THE WEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53. MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND. MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1600 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH EXCEPT SOUTHERLY 5 TO 10 MPH ABOVE 5000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT SHIFT TO THE EAST 3 TO 6 MPH BY EARLY MORNING. CWR.................17 PERCENT. LAL.................3. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE EAST 2 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....90. MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1 TO 2 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7000-8000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON CWR.................15 PERCENT. LAL.................2. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...JARED PANKS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090802.TUFF_.01/MFR