FNUS76 KMFR 011205
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MODOC NWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
505 AM PDT FRI APR 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 PDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BURN AREA
TODAY. BOTH TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WILL BE SIMILAR TO THURSDAY.
CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA EARLY SATURDAY AND
BRING A COOLER AND MORE MOIST AIR MASS TO THE BURN AREA BUT ALSO
WITH STRONGER NORTHWEST WIND. RAINFALL AMOUNT ON SATURDAY IS
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY
IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH MOSTLY HIGH CLOUDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WIND 2 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1400.
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12 MPH AFTER 1400
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON THEN
                    INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN
                    DECREASING TO 2 TO 3 MPH.
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING AGAIN TO 5 TO 8 MPH
                    TOWARD MORNING
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 5000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY MAINLY IN THE MORNING.
                    SNOW LEVEL 5000 FEET IN THE MORNING...LOWERING TO
                    3500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN PYLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110401.MODOC.01/MFR