FNUS76 KMFR 260058
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCOTT RIVER DISTRICT PILES...USFS KNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
558 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...
AS A TROUGH MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE REGION...SCATTERED RAIN AND
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TUESDAY
MORNING...POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN
DIMINISHING BY EARLY AFTERNOON.  SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE POSSIBLE FROM OVERNIGHT SHOWERS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4500 FT
AGL IN THE BURN AREA TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT THEN SHIFT EAST DURING
THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WINDS ON WEDNESDAY TO BECOME SOUTHERLY AHEAD
OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING
RAIN TO THE BURN AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH
THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY.


.TUEDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING SCATTERED TO ISOLATED RAIN AND
                      SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                      MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                      LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING
                     BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH
                     IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO
                    3000-5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                     LATE IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                     NORTH-NORTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH EXCEPT SOUTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH
                     AT THE UPPER SLOPES IN THE MORNING...THEN
                     BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                     GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500-3000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING SOUTH 12 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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