FNUS76 KMFR 111336 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR WATERS CK 17A B ADJ...USFS/GFI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 636 AM PDT WED MAY 11 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE TODAY. THIS FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ONTO THE WEST SIDE AND INTO THE CASCADES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...THOUGH A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN UNSEASONABLY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DEVELOP OFF OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND THEN MOVE INLAND... BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71. MIN HUMIDITY........35-39 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................5 PERCENT. RAINFALL............LESS THAN 0.05 INCHES. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-44. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 0-2 MPH. BECOMING NORTHWE MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 MPH. CWR.................50 PERCENT. RAINFALL............0.10 TO 0.20 INCHES. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-66. MIN HUMIDITY........33-37 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 0-2 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. RAINFALL............LESS THAN 0.05 INCHES. $$ FORECASTER...STOCKTON REQUESTED BY...SEAN HENDRIX TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110511.WATER.01/MFR