FNUS76 KMFR 260039
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALMON DISTRICT HANDPILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE
KNF SALMON/SCOTT DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
523 PM PDT MON OCT 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON OCTOBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING AS A
TROUGH MAKES IT THROUGH THE REGION WITH SHOWERS BECOMING ISOLATED
AND DIMINISHING IN THE LATE MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT THEN SHIFT EAST DURING
THE DAY WEDNESDAY. EXPECT WINDS ON WEDNESDAY TO GENERALLY BE
LIGHT WITH SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE UPPER SLOPES OF THE
BURN AREA. THEN...THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING
RAIN TO THE BURN AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1500 FT AGL IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING
                    1000 TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING THEN
                    INCREASING TO 4500 TO 6500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON..
MIXING WINDS........WEST 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE IN THE
                     MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH
                     IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                     LATE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH EXCEPT SOUTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH
                     AT HIGHER SLOPES BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO
                     1000-3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING THEN
                     INCREASING TO 2500-5000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH
                     IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
                     LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...JOE BOGGS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101026.SALMO.01/MFR