FNUS76 KMFR 221504
FWSMFR

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 22.
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.

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