FNUS76 KMFR 231436
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCLOUD PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
736 AM PDT SAT OCT 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE MOIST AND BREEZY TODAY THEN VERY
WET AND WINDY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY FOLLOWED BY A VERY STRONG FRONT LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO 4500 FEET AS THE RAIN CHANGES TO RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS. TOTAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN
INCH TODAY THEN AROUND AN INCH TONIGHT AND BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ON
SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH UP TO TWO
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. AFTER A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS MONDAY
INTO EARLY TUESDAY...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE AT MID-WEEK. BUT
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS TO
                    12 MPH INCREASING TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 18 TO 22 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTS TO
                    30 MPH INCREASING TO 40 MPH OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 21 MPH.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
MIXED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS 35 TO 40. HIGHS 38 TO 43. WEST WINDS 7 TO
13 MPH.
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS 29 TO
34. HIGHS 38 TO 43. SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 28 TO 33. HIGHS 41 TO 49. LIGHT WIND.

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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...HEATHER MCRAE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101023.MCCLO.01/MFR