FNUS76 KMFR 240144
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PANTHER RX FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
644 PM PDT FRI SEP 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHER
HUMIDITIES...BUT WINDS WILL BE STRONGER. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING IN MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WITH WETTING RAIN LIKELY. GENERALLY WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY
IN A SHOWERY...UNSTABLE AIR MASS. ANOTHER WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE MONDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WILL WARM TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE NORMAL VALUES.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE SOUTH WIND 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    TOWARD SUNRISE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...KEENE
REQUESTED BY...STEVE BACIGALUPO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110924.PANTH.01/MFR