FNUS76 KMFR 110032
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKOOKUM COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
532 PM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1646 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR DRY
AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR WITH HAINES INDEX OF 6...

.DISCUSSION...A THERMAL TROUGH WILL MOVE FARTHER INLAND AND REACH
THE SITE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN LAST NIGHT BUT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY WILL STILL BE POOR. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY AND
IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER BUT THE HAINES INDEX WILL BE 6 ONCE AGAIN.
INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGHER ON SUNDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WIND 1 TO 5 MPH DECREASING TO 0 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 12 TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE EVENING TO
                    15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WIND 0 TO 4 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING THEN UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL RISING TO 4200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING THEN BACKING TO NORTH 10 TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WIND 3 TO 7 MPH THEN NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WIND 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 0 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL FALLING TO 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH VEERING TO NORTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH VEERING TO NORTHEAST 3 TO 7
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.


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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110910.SKOOK.01/MFR