FNUS76 KMFR 240026 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FORK PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 426 PM PST MON NOV 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON NOVEMBER 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IS SITUATED OVER THE REGION AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIGHT WINDS...STRONG INVERSIONS...AND LIMITED MIXING IN VALLEYS AND LOWER SLOPES THROUGH THURSDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARRIVE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND INCREASED MIXING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER PERIOD OF DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-55. MIN HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 0 TO 3 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. OVER LOWER SLOPES WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUING OVER RIDGE TOPS. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500-2000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST LATE IN THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...JOE BOGGS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091124.SOUTH.01/MFR