FNUS76 KMFR 210002 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR FOREST CREEK 44...MEDFORD BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 502 PM PDT SAT MAR 20 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1640 PDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WARM CONDITIONS ARE BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING MODERATE RAIN AND SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS. ABOUT A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE APPLEGATE VALLEY AND JACKSONVILLE AREA ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND MINIMAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ON MONDAY. MOST OF THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY AND BECOME SHOWERY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION BY MONDAY NIGHT WITH WARM DRY OFFSHORE FLOW RETURNING TUESDAY AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TOWARD MORNING. MAX HUMIDITY........79-89 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT WIND. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-58. MIN HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................60 PERCENT. .SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41. MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST WIND 7 TO 12 MPH BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...KEENE REQUESTED BY...MIKE APPLING TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100320.FORES.01/MFR