FNUS76 KMFR 091208
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR COUGAR...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
508 AM PDT THU JUN 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0104 PDT ON JUNE 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE BURN AREA
TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A THERMAL TROF IS EXPECTED TO
SHIFT INLAND. THE NET RESULT WILL BE WARMER
TEMPERATURES...LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LIGHT WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE BURN AREA LATE FRIDAY MORNING OR EARLY
AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT COULD BRING A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS.
AT THIS TIME...ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF
THE BURN AREA...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE REEVALUATED BECAUSE IT
WILL BE A CLOSE CALL. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO END UP HIGHER COMPARED TO THIS AFTERNOON.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-2 MPH THE MORNING. NORTH TO
                    NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH AFTER 1800.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN NORTH TO
                    NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH AFTER 1900.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-76 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
                    LIGHT DOWNSLOPE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING....THEN SOUTHWEST
                    2-4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE EVENING. THEN
                    NORTH 3-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A FEW ISOLATED LATE MORNING INTO
                    THE AFTERNOON. ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
                    REMAIN EAST OF THE BURN AREA BUT WILL WARRANT CLOSE
                    WATCHING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 0-2 MPH EARLY MORNING....THEN WEST 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    1700.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10-18 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1. (COULD BE 3 IF ISOLATED STORMS ARE IN THE AREA).
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING. WEST 7-11 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN MACK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110609.COUGA.02/MFR