FNUS76 KMFR 240517
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKEETER UNIT 40...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1017 PM PDT THU SEP 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT IN
THE WAKE OF A WEAK FRONT. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO
AN INCREASINGLY WARMER AND DRIER AIR MASS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL APPROACH SEASONAL VALUES WHILE
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL TURN OUT NEARLY 10 DEGREES
ABOVE AVERAGE. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL ARRIVE AT THE COAST LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INLAND SUNDAY. THIS WILL
TRIM TEMPERATURES SUNDAY SEVERAL DEGREES FROM SATURDAY. STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN DOMINATE INTO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK AND AGAIN BRING A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WIND.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO SURFACE.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...BRAD HEWITT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100924.SKEET.01/MFR