FNUS76 KMFR 111657
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARDEN...OR-LAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
957 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0908 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625...

DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL
BRING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED WET
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE COUNTY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MUCH
SMALLER ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF LAKE COUNTY WHERE THE FIRE IS
LOCATED AND COVERAGE IN THE AREA SHOULD ONLY BE ISOLATED. GENERAL
WIND FLOW WILL BE LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST BUT COULD SWITCH
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST TOWARD THE END OF THE DAY. LITTLE CHANGE IS
EXPECTED FOR MONDAY BUT THERE WILL BE A GRADUAL COOLING AND MORE
STABLE TREND FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK TO NEXT WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92.
MIN HUMIDITY........8 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 9 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SWITCHING TO NORTHWEST 3 TO 5
                    MPH AFTER 1500.

MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    10000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 AFTER 1500.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO EAST WIND 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WIND 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND 2 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 AFTER 1400.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...KATIE MCDONALD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110911.GARDE.01/MFR