FNUS76 KMFR 151050 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACKWELL...MEDFORD ODF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 350 AM PDT WED SEP 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0302 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OFFSHORE WILL BRING INCREASING HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS TODAY. THESE CLOUDS WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. AS REMNANTS OF THE FRONT PUSH IN WITH THE AFTERNOON TERRAIN DRIVEN FLOW SOME GUSTINESS WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TONIGHT CLOUDS WILL RESULT IN LESSER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES...BUT BY THURSDAY THE AIR MASS WILL HAVE MOISTENED. THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE WARMER AND MORE HUMID WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHOWER DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING CLOUDS. PARTLY CLOUDY LATE MORNING BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 1-3 MPH...OCCASIONALLY VARIABLE 0-2 MPH... EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING CALM...THEN SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH LATE MORNING. WIND INCREASING AND BECOMING WEST 3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS 6-9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 5-10 MPH EARLY. WIND THEN SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH LATE MORNING. WEST-SOUTHWEST WIND 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS 15-25 MPH AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER (20%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........65-75 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 2-4 WITH GUSTS 5-7 MPH IN THE EVENING. LIGHT NORTH WIND 1-3 MPH OCCASIONALLY VARIABLE LATE EVENING ONWARD. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 7-15 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5-10 MPH LATE EVENING ONWARD. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS(20%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-85. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 1-3 MPH...THEN WEST 2-4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH...THEN WEST 10-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...LUTZ REQUESTED BY...TYLER HOFFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100915.BLACK.01/MFR