FNUS76 KMFR 302028 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR BOLAM IC...CA-SHF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 128 PM PDT TUE MAR 30 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1232 PDT ON MARCH 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE WIND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AT THIS TIME...THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK. PRECIPITATION WILL BE FAR AND FEW IN BETWEEN AND WINDS NOT AS STRONG. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....2-6. SNOW AMOUNT.........8-12 INCHES WIND................THESE ARE CLEAR AIR WINDS. OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL VARY GREATLY AS THEY WRAP AROUND THE MOUNTAIN. ON THE LEE SIDE THERE WILL BE EDDIES AND THE WIND DIRECTION IN SOME AREAS WILL BE FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION GIVEN HERE. WINDS SPEEDS SHOULD BE LESS ON THE LEE SIDE, BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE MORE GUSTIER AND MORE TURBULENT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....-16 TO -12 SNOW AMOUNT.........6-10 INCHES WIND................SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....4-7 SNOW AMOUNT.........3-5 INCHES WIND................SOUTHWEST 12-23 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING NORTH 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....10-14 SNOW AMOUNT.........NONE EXPECTED. WIND................NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN THE MORNING. INCREASING TO 14-24 MPH WITH GUST TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI REQUESTED BY...J OLSON TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20100330.BOLAM.01/MFR