FNUS76 KMFR 181630 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR HART BAR...BLM LAD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 930 AM PDT SAT SEP 18 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0853 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE COAST THIS MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND THIS EVENING...THEN EAST OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH INCREASING RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN SUNDAY. ALSO EXPECT SOME BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT THEN EXPECT ANOTHER PERIOD OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS DECREASING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-72 MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................5 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47. MAX HUMIDITY........75-85 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTS TO 15 TO 18 MPH IN THE EVENING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...DECREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-67. MIN HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...BROWN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100918.HARTB.01/MFR