FNUS76 KMFR 141110 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACKWELL...MEDFORD ODF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 410 AM PDT TUE SEP 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0345 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ALOFT AS THE TAIL END OF A COLD FRONT BRUSHES THE FIRE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME GUSTY WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE GOOD OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DRY AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITIES. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR TODAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY ALSO INTO THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87. MIN HUMIDITY........20-30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 0-2 MPH EARLY...BECOMING UPSLOPE AND NE 0-2 MPH LATE MORNING...THEN UPRIVER AND WEST 1-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 0-5 MPH EARLY BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH...THEN WEST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY DUE TO HIGH CLOUDS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WIND BECOMING CALM...THEN EAST 0-2 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING CALM...THEN SOUTHEAST 0-5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING DUE TO HIGH CLOUDS. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON AS CLOUDS THICKEN AND LOWER INTO THE MID LEVELS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82. MIN HUMIDITY........27-37 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WIND 0-2 MPH EARLY...BECOMING CALM LATE MORNING...AND THEN WEST 1-3 MPH WITH GUSTS 3-5 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........EAST 0-5 MPH...BECOMING WEST 10-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...LUTZ REQUESTED BY...KRISTINA SHEPPARD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100914.BLACK.01/MFR