FNUS76 KMFR 242300
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHICKEN...USFS, MODOC N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
400 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1457 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE SHASTA
VALLEY...

OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. THE WINDS WILL BE
GUSTY AGAIN ON SUNDAY BUT A COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES...AS WELL AS A WETTING RAIN FOR
MUCH OF THE AREA WEST OF THE CASCADE CREST. ANOTHER WEAKER COLD
FRONT WILL BRUSH COOS AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE
TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY WILL WARM INLAND TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE
NORMAL.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT VARIABLE WIND.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1500 FT AGL
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 16 TO 26 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT
                    WIND.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5300 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1600 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 6 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE JOHNSTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110924.CHICK.01/MFR