FNUS76 KMFR 031543 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR WELL...OR-LAD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 843 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0811 PDT ON AUGUST 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... .DISCUSSION... THE NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE AREA WELL OFFSHORE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE INTO WEDNESDAY. AS LONG AS THE LOW REMAINS OFFSHORE THERE WILL BE A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF IT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS INLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES. IT WILL BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER WITH SHOWERS AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND LATE IN THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90. MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST-NORTHWEST 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH ABOVE 6000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. CWR.................15 PERCENT. LAL.................3. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MAX HUMIDITY........66-76 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING NORTH-NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 0-3 MPH TOWARD MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...THEN VARIABLE TOWARD MORNING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................3. WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING NORTH-NORTHEAST 5-15 MPH...THEN VARIABLE 0-3 MPH IN THE MORNING. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88. MIN HUMIDITY........20-30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................3. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...LUTZ REQUESTED BY...SCOTT HAVEL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090803.WELL_.01/MFR