FNUS76 KMFR 260034 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR GULCH 2...GFI/USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 534 PM PDT MON OCT 25 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PDT ON OCTOBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS WILL BE MOST FREQUENT OVER THE BURN AREA TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN INVERSION WILL DEVELOP WHICH WILL RESULT IN LIGHT WINDS NEAR 1500 FT. HOWEVER EAST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR 3700 FT. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR LIGHT RAIN EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY WITH STEADY RAIN ARRIVING WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. RAIN/WET SNOW SHOWERS NEAR 3500 FT...THEN OFF/ON RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-47 NEAR 1500 FT. 36-39 NEAR 3700 FT. MIN HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 85 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-6 WITH OCCASIONAL GUST TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING. 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 19 MPH. CWR.................100 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 70 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........A SHOWER OR TWO IN THE EVENING. DRY WITH PARTIAL CLEARING LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE EVENING. BECOMING LIGHT. EAST 2-5 MPH NEAR 3700 FT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL EARLY...LOWERING TO 500 FT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-55. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING NEAR 1500 FT...THEN SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. EAST 3-5 MPH NEAR 3700 FT IN THE MORNING...THEN SOUTHEAST 7-11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING. 2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 17 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI REQUESTED BY...SEAN HENDRIX TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101026.CEDAR.01/MFR