FNUS76 KMFR 102348
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARDEN...OR-LAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
448 PM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1602 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS
EVENING AND WINDS WILL BECOME FIXED FROM THE EAST. WINDS WILL BE
ERRATIC AGAIN ON SUNDAY WITH A VARIATION FROM THE TERRAIN INFLUENCED
SOUTHWEST WINDS AND THE LARGER SCALE EASTERLY WINDS. THIS EASTERLY
FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATER
FARTHER SOUTH FROM THE SITE...BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WIND 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH
                    THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT DIMINISHING TO EAST
                    0 TO 4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....ERRATIC WIND VARYING BETWEEN EAST AND SOUTHWEST 1 TO
                    4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL...THEN INCREASING TO 10800 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 12 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...
                    OCCASIONALLY VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.


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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...SHARA LAYTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110910.GARDE.01/MFR