FNUS76 KMFR 051956
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH BENCH...USFS MDNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1156 AM PST THU NOV 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PST ON NOVEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY
IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER EXPECT BREEZY AND  GUSTY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST  WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. A WETTING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THIS FRONT BRINGS RAIN
TO THE BURN AREA. THEN... A COOL AND SHOWERY PATTERN IS EXPECTED
FRIDAY...WITH SHOWERS DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH
                     GUSTS TO 16 TO 20 MPH. NOTE: EXPECT SOME VARIABILITY
                     IN WINDS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 18 TO 23 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 6 TO 9 MPH LATE
                    IN THE NIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH. GUSTS TO 12 MPH EARLY
                       IN THE MORNING
CWR.................50 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE JOHNSTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091105.SOUTH.01/MFR