FNUS76 KMFR 100200
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSIE UNIT 20...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
700 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 PDT ON OCTOBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE MORNING INVERSION WILL BREAK STARTING AROUND
10 AM WITH A GENERAL NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE BURN TODAY UNDER
WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE. A WEAK BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
IN FROM THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS THROUGH IDAHO. THUS...IT WILL BE
ABOUT 7 DEGREES COOLER SUNDAY.

.TODAY (SATURDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WIND UP TO 2 MPH EARLY MORNING...
                    THEN AFTER 1000 WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 2-5
                    MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING...
                    THEN TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 2 MPH BEFORE 1000. THEN...
                    NORTHWEST ABOUT 10 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    VEERING TO NORTHEAST BY 2200 AND EASING TO
                    1-2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WIND 2 MPH BACKING TO NORTHWEST
                    AFTER 1000 AND INCREASING TO 4-6 MPH.
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL THROUGH LATE
                    MORNING...THEN TO NEAR 5500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH EARLY...THEN NORTHWEST
                    12-15 MPH AFTER 1200.

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FORECASTER...STAVISH
REQUESTED BY...JIM HAMPTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091010.ROSIE.01/MFR