FNUS76 KMFR 021030 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR PIONEER...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 330 AM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1705 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A SIGNIFICANT THERMAL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY SATURDAY AS THE THERMAL TROUGH EXPANDS NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM 5 TO 10 DEGREES TOMORROW...AND WILL WARM FURTHER ON SATURDAY. DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...AND CHANCES AFTER SUNDAY DO NOT LOOK PROMISING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75. MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WIND TO 2 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN HE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 7 TO 12 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MAX HUMIDITY........36-46 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 5 MPH BECOMING EAST WIND TO 2 MPH LATE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 9 TO MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES REQUESTED BY...TREVOR WALLACE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110901.PIONE.01/MFR