FNUS76 KMFR 091820 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR SPIGNANT...ODF MEDFORD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1120 AM PDT FRI JUL 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1050 PDT ON JULY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A MORNING INVERSION JUST ABOVE THE ELEVATION OF THE FIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BREAK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE AREA AFTER 4PM THROUGH EARLY EVENING. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA SATURDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY MID AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY AFTER 4PM. MAX TEMPERATURE.....93. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE 1-2 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 MPH. CWR.................5 PERCENT. LAL.................2. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................2. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-93. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...HOLTZ REQUESTED BY...KRISTINA SHEPPARD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100709.SPIGN.01/MFR