FNUS76 KMFR 052120
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SMMU LIGHTNING...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
220 PM PDT WED AUG 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1347 PDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND ON THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS WEST OF THE
CASCADES AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST. THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE WET WITH OCCASIONAL VERY HEAVY RAIN. COOL AND MOIST
PATTERN REMAINS BEHIND THE LOW WITH A VERY SLOW WARM UP THOUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO 2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8500-10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................32 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WIND 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT WIND. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...PAIGE BOYER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090805.SMMUL.01/MFR