FNUS76 KMFR 260012
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR ONION...NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
512 PM PDT THU AUG 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1628 PDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES SISKIYOU COUNTY
FRIDAY. THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
AT THE SITE OF THE FIRE...BUT ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT OCCURS
WILL MOST LIKELY BE DRY. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
SLOWLY ENOUGH SO CONTINUED INSTABILITY FRIDAY EVENING COULD
GENERATE A THUNDERSTORM FRIDAY NIGHT. A LARGER SCALE TROUGH WILL
LINGER ACROSS OUR AREA SATURDAY BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE STABLE
ENOUGH TO PREVENT ANY THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORMING. WINDS AT THE
RIDGETOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE
SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOONS AND TERRAIN-DRIVEN OVERNIGHT ON THE SLOPES.
SOME WARMING ALOFT SHOULD KEEP HAINES INDICES RELATIVELY LOW THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE SOUTHEAST WIND 0 TO 2 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE SOUTHEAST WIND 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4

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FORECASTER...KEENE
REQUESTED BY...MIKE BEASLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110825.ONION.01/MFR