FNUS76 KMFR 052131
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR WELL...OR-LAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
231 PM PDT WED AUG 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1405 PDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY 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
SISKIYOU...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.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WIND TO 2 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7600-9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
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.

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