FNUS76 KMFR 051703
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP LICK...OR-LAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1003 AM PDT WED AUG 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0945 PDT ON AUGUST 05.
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...

.DISCUSSION...
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL
FINALLY BEGIN TO MOVE ONTO THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF
IT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...THE
SISKIYOUS...JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE CASCADES AND OVER KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES. THE LOW WILL
MOVE INLAND ON THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS WEST OF THE CASCADES AND
THUNDERSTORMS EAST. THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE WET
IN THAT THEY WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WIND 3 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 4 TO 7 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7300 FT AGL EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WIND TO 2 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4600-6400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING WEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...DREW TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090805.SHEEP.01/MFR