FNUS76 KMFR 221526
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER PANHANDLE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
826 AM PDT FRI OCT 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1825 PDT ON OCTOBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY EAST WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE AREA THIS
MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT LITTLE
MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION. LATE THIS EVENING A STRONGER COLD FRONT
WILL ARRIVE WITH RAIN. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LINGERING SHOWERS
SATURDAY MORNING THEN A VERY STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH MODERATE TO
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. SNOW LEVELS NEAR 6000 FEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING WILL RISE TO 9000 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT BUT WILL THEN LOWER TO 6000
FEET SUNDAY AND 4500 TO 5000 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WIND 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 22 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS 37 TO 42. HIGHS 42 TO 47. SOUTH WINDS 6 TO
14 MPH.
.MONDAY...
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS 34 TO 39. HIGHS 41 TO 46. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
.TUESDAY...
CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS 26 TO 31. HIGHS
42 TO 47. LIGHT WIND.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES/WOODHEAD
REQUESTED BY...GREG R  FUNDERBURK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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