FNUS76 KMFR 140113 CCA
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HARRINGTON...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
612 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1738 PDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES THIS MORNING WILL FADE WITH THE DAYTIME
HEATING. PREDOMINANT NORTH FLOW AT THE FIRE AREA APPEARS TO BE
FUNNELED BY THE TERRAIN TO NORTH. WITH WINDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH
TODAY...EXPECT MORE WIND ON THE FIRE...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS DOUBLE
WHAT WAS OBSERVED ON THURSDAY. HUMIDITIES AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SIMILAR TO THAT OBSERVED ON THURSDAY...BUT A BIG TEMPERATURE DROP
IN THE AFTERNOON IS NOT EXPECTED. A WARMING AND DRYING IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLOW EACH NIGHT AND
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH 7-14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS EARLY MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    1500 FT AGL LATE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    2400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 5-15 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTH 10-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...BRAD BURGESS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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