FNUS76 KMFR 240219 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR GARWOOD...OR-UPF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 719 PM PDT FRI SEP 23 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1834 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON SATURDAY AND MORE HUMID FROM THE CASCADES WEST...BUT WINDS WILL BE STRONGER...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WITH WETTING RAIN FROM THE CASCADES WEST AND CONTINUING STRONG WINDS ON THE EAST SIDE. ANOTHER WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WILL WARM INLAND TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE NORMAL VALUES. A FEW WEAK FRONTS ARE EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 21 TO 31 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING....BECOMING SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MIN HUMIDITY........58-68 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 29 TO 39 MPH. CWR.................60 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES REQUESTED BY...SANDRA NICHOLS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110923.GARWO.01/MFR