FNUS76 KMFR 252332
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR GREAT SCOTT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
432 PM PDT SUN OCT 25 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
MONDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING MOUNTAINS AND EAST...THEN
RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS
WILL FALL TO 3500-4000 FEET AND LOCALLY AS LOW AS 3000 FEET BY
TUESDAY MORNING WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION. SHOWERS AND
COOLER WEATHER CONTINUE MANY AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER FRONT
ARRIVES LATE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WIND TO 2 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    2 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................74 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW
                    SHOWERS LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...MADELEINE LEVAGGI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091026.GREAT.01/MFR