FNUS76 KMFR 250520
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCLOUD PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1020 PM PDT SUN OCT 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS TO CONTINUE
MONDAY AS A TROUGH OVER THE AREA SHIFTS EAST. WINDS WILL BE OUT
OF THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST-SOUTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY.  A WEAK
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING BRINGING INCREASED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. A BRIEF PERIOD
OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.  THEN ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE BURN AREA THURSDAY.
THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS
AND MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 TO 10
                     MPH.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-31.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH.  GUSTS TO 8 MPH
                     IN THE EVENING.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-42.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                     BECOMING WEST 4 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                     WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 10 MPH THEN SHIFTING
                     TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING.
20 FT WINDS.........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 8 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                    THROUGH AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 23 TO 28. HIGHS 41 TO 45. SOUTHEAST
3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY...
RAIN LIKELY. LOWS 30 TO 35. HIGHS 41 TO 46. SOUTH WINDS 10
TO 15 WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO  35 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS 32 TO 35. HIGHS 38 TO 43.
SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...HEATHER MCRAE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101025.MCCLO.01/MFR