FNUS76 KMFR 150305 CCA
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR OAK FLAT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
804 PM PDT SAT AUG 14 2010

CORRECTED HEADLINE.

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1723 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 620 FROM
LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY AIR MASS WILL BE OVER THE FIRE AREA THIS
WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY SLOPE DRIVEN AT THE LOWER
ELEVATION...BUT AT THE UPPER END WINDS COULD BE SHIFTING FROM EAST
TO WEST AS WE GO FROM NIGHT TIME OFFSHORE WIND TO ONSHORE LATE IN
THE MORNING. INVERSION IS EXPECTED TO BE QUITE STRONG TONIGHT AND
WILL LIMIT MIXING UNTIL LATE MORNING OR AROUND NOON. EXPECT LITTLE
CHANGES IN HIGH TEMPERATURES OR HUMIDITY ON SUNDAY. BY AFTERNOON
AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BE UNSTABLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TO
THE SOUTH...MAINLY TOWARD THE SISKIYOUS IN SOUTHERN JOSEPHINE
COUNTY. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL TUESDAY WITH THE RIDGE
SHIFTING EAST OF THE CASCADES.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE WIND 1 TO 2  MPH EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH
                    NEAR THE TOPS...WINDS BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 0 TO 2 MPH
                    BY MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WIND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN SOUTHERN
                    JOSEPHINE COUNTY...MAINLY OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
                    OF THE FIRE.
                    INVERSION PERSISTING THROUGH 1000.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE WIND 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 6000 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.
LAL.................1...POSSIBLY 2 AFTER 1400.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100814.OAKFL.01/MFR