FNUS76 KMFR 241303
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOL 30
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
603 AM PDT TUE MAY 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAKE FOR A DRIER AND WARMER DAY
TODAY AT THE BURN AREA AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST DRY DAY THIS
WEEK. MORNING LOW CLOUDS IN THE RIVER VALLEY SHOULD SCATTER OUT BY
LATE MORNING WITH MAINLY AFTERNOON UPVALLEY WINDS. A STRONG AND
WET FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY WITH
ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
WEAKER FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. COOL AND SHOWERY WEATHER
WILL THEN PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY SUNNY BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE WIND 2 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST UPVALLEY 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1600.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN DEVELOPING AROUND MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WIND 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE AND DOWNVALLEY WIND 2 TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HAIL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH...INCREASING TO 5 TO 8 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...STEVE BACIGALUPO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110523.COOL3.01/MFR