FNUS76 KMFR 250556
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MORTAR COYOTE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1056 PM PDT TUE MAY 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING WETTING RAIN ALONG WITH
COOLER TEMPERATURES. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. SNOW LEVELS
ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER BETWEEN 4500 AND 5500 FEET WEDNESDAY
EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN ANOTHER...BUT WEAKER FRONT
ARRIVES THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN WIDESPREAD RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    BECOMING WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 33 TO 48 MPH.
CWR.................62 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHWEST.
CWR.................44 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 19 TO 29 MPH.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...LELAND HUNTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110524.MORTA.01/MFR