FNUS76 KMFR 171751 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR COLEMAN RX...FS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 951 AM PST TUE NOV 17 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE BURN AREA TODAY. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE SITE THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE SITE AROUND SUNSET WITH WINDS DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO THE SURFACE OVERNIGHT WITH. SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH LATE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BY MID AFTERNOON. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER 1500. MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-48. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN RISING TO 35-40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH THROUGH LATE MORNING...INCREASING TO 15 TO 18 MPH BETWEEN 1200-1500 WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS. ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE INCH. MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-32. MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST WIND 4 TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT. CWR.................80 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-38. MIN HUMIDITY........50-54 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...BUNNAG REQUESTED BY...NINA HARDIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091117.COLEM.02/MFR