FNUS76 KMFR 081419
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR KLAMATH RIVER CANYON...LAKEVIEW DIST BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
619 AM PST MON MAR 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0730 PST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE BURN AREA EARLIER THIS
MORNING. COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE AREA WITH
PRECIPITATION TURNING FROM RAIN SHOWERS TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION DOWN IN THE KLAMATH RIVER VALLEY WILL
BE LIGHT. STEEP TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATE WILL LEAD TO GOOD MIXING
BUT TRANSPORT WINDS IN THE MIXED LAYER WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT.
CLEARING IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO MOST OF TUESDAY. HOWEVER
ANOTHER FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AND CHANCE OF SNOW TO
THE BURN AREA TUESDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS STARTING AROUND 0900 AND CONTINUING
                    THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-42.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 3 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUST TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL EARLY AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL
                    BY LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 MPH.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WIND.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY FOR MOST OF THE DAY...INCREASING CLOUDS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-41.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...ERIC JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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