FNUS76 KMFR 090050 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR TRAIL...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 550 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1605 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR A HAINES OF 6... .DISCUSSION...THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING FOR EAST SIDE AREAS. MOISTURE WILL DECREASE TONIGHT ENDING THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT BUT HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST FLOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST STRENGTHENS. THE WORST COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL BE OVER COASTAL ZONES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....59. MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH LATE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES REQUESTED BY...GREG FUNDERBURK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110908.TRAIL.01/MFR