FNUS76 KMFR 091545
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR TWIN KNOBS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
845 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0815 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR HAINES 6...

.DISCUSSION...HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AT THE
FIRE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE AIR MASS IS STILL UNSTABLE
ENOUGH THAT AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN. SUBSIDENCE
INVERSION AT NIGHT WILL KEEP THE RIDGES WARM AND DRY. ON SATURDAY
THE THERMAL WILL BE MOVING INLAND. THIS WILL LEAD TO A DRY AND
UNSTABLE DAY OVER THE CASCADES AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR HAINES
6 HAS BEEN ISSUED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1 TO 2 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...LOWERING TO 2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 2 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...MEDFORD INTERAGENCY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110909.TWINK.01/MFR