FNUS76 KMFR 072103
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
203 PM PDT THU JUL 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1341 PDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL MARINE INFLUENCE IS TODAY INTO THE
EVENING AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR THE AREA
TODAY. ALSO EXPECT SOME CLOUDS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WITH THIS WEAK FRONTAL
PASSAGE. THE FRONT WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE INTO THE
AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED
FRIDAY MORNING.

THEN... FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
DOMINATE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL AND DRY WEATHER.  LIGHT
OFFSHORE EASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE MORNINGS
FRIDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. THEN...ANOTHER UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING SOUTHWEST  BEGINNING EARLY NEXT WEEK
THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE DURING THE EARLY TO
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WIND 2 TO 3 BECOMING NORTHWEST IN LATE
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 3 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 6 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE
                    1 TO 3 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                    EAST 2 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WIND 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 2 TO 3
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WIND 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...TINA FLODEEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110707.SPRIN.01/MFR