FNUS76 KMFR 210424
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER PANHANDLE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
924 PM PDT WED OCT 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE BURN SITE
THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
BRINGING CLOUDS...COOLER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER HUMIDITY...AND A
CHANCE FOR A LITTLE LIGHT RAIN. THIS WILL MOVE EAST BUT SHOWERS
MAY LINGER FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL BRING WETTING RAIN FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT RAINS WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY WITH LOWERING SNOW LEVELS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING CLOUDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING UPSLOPE 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. PERHAPS A GUST TO 4 OR 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 0 TO 1 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. COOLER. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................39 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
CLOUDY...OCCASIONAL RAIN. LOWS 34 TO 39. HIGHS 49 TO 55. SOUTH
WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
RAIN. LOWS 37 TO 42. HIGHS 46 TO 51. SOUTH WINDS 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS 34 TO 39.
HIGHS 45 TO 50. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SPILDE
REQUESTED BY...GREG R  FUNDERBURK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101021.UPPER.01/MFR