FNUS76 KMFR 301619 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR STERNS 5...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 919 AM PDT TUE AUG 30 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON AUGUST 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...DRY COLD FRONT TODAY WILL PRODUCE BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS... .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AIR TO THE FORECAST AREA TODAY ALONG WITH GUSTY AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTHWEST WINDS. NO RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES COOL FURTHER WEDNESDAY...WITH THURSDAY MORNING LOWS DIPPING TO NEAR FREEZING. A RAPID WARMING TREND RETURNS FRIDAY UNDER BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. INCREASING CIRRUS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 80. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WIND 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 7-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 MPH INCREASING NORTHWEST 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40. MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EVENING NORTHWEST WINDS 6-8 MPH GUSTING TO 18 MPH...EASING TO 2-4 MPH OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 MPH EASING TO 5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 71. MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WIND 1-3 MPH EARLY...BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST MPH EARLY...INCREASING TO 15-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...STAVISH REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN PYLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110830.STERN.01/MFR