FNUS76 KMFR 240123
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MORTAR COYOTE RX...USFS, BLY RANGER DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
623 PM PDT TUE MAR 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING EAST BUT STILL DOMINATE
THE WEATHER AT THE BURN SITE WEDNESDAY DURING THE DAY. ABOUT MIDNIGHT
A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE BURN SITE BRINGING SNOW THEN AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THE SNOW OR RAIN SNOW MIX
IN THE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 4000 FEET.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH GUSTING TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY BECOMING A RAIN SNOW MIX
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH GUSTING TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...OBRIEN
REQUESTED BY...SHERRY JACOBS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100324.MORTA.01/MFR