FNUS76 KMFR 171535
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SPOT FORECAST FOR LEASELANDS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
835 AM PDT MON MAY 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COOLING TREND WILL START TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA WITH
SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING MIDDAY AND AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
THE TROUGH WILL BE EAST OF THE BURN TUESDAY WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM
THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........A FEW SHOWERS NEAR THE BURN THIS MORNING...THEN A
                    60-70% CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH MIDDAY THROUGH
                    THE EVENING HOURS.  GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........70% CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY...THEN
                    A DECREASING CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........ABOVE 90 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT WIND.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...GETTMAN
REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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