FNUS76 KMFR 290310
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSESHOE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
810 PM PDT WED JUL 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1938 PDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STABLE BUT MOIST AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA OVERNIGHT WITH MAINLY LIGHT SLOPE DRIVEN WINDS. A FEW CUMULUS
BUILDUPS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY BUT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD
BE NORTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE AREA. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND SLOPE
DRIVEN ALTHOUGH A NORTHWESTERLY WIND COULD PUSH INTO THE AREA
TOWARD THE EVENING. THE TREND IS FOR SOME COOLING ON FRIDAY BUT
ALSO WITH SOME INCREASE IN WIND AS A TROUGH MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN
OREGON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE 0 TO 2 MPH BY 2200.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10  MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING EAST 3 TO 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-45 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE 1 TO 2 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...THEN
                    WEST-NORTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...JOHN DONAHUE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100728.HORSE.01/MFR