FNUS76 KMFR 050141
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR RED ROCK...KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST SCOTT RIVER R.D.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
641 PM PDT FRI SEP 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1750 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...STRONGER GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
THE INCOMING COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS
THE FIRE AREA ON SATURDAY. THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF THE DAY
WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY PART OF THE MORNING ALONG WITH INCREASINGLY
GUSTY WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE LATE IN THE MORNING AS
CLOUDS INCREASE. RAIN IS EXPECTED AT THE FIRE...BUT AMOUNTS ARE
UNCERTAIN DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FIRE IS TO THE LEE OF THE DIRECTION
THE MOISTURE IS COMING FROM. COOL AND MOIST CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED AFTER SATURDAY
EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY EARLY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF
                    RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. RAIN AMOUNTS 0.01" TO 0.10".
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 45 PERCENT EARLY...THEN RISING.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-6 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-9 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS 10 TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY...BECOMING 25 TO 35
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.


.SATURDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG ABOVE THE VALLEY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    RAIN AMOUNTS A TRACE TO 0.03".
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING TO 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING FURTHER TO 1-3 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS INCREASING TO 3000 TO 3500 FT AGL
                    LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...ERIC BLANKENSHIP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090904.REDRO.01/MFR