FNUS76 KMFR 290551 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR RED CONE COMPLEX...NPS CLP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1051 PM PDT WED SEP 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1910 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED SOUTH OF THE REGION WILL PROVIDE FOR SUNNY AND WARM WEATHER TODAY. WINDS WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON IN CLEARINGS. TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL FRIDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE NORTHWEST. COOLER AND POSSIBLY WET WEATHER WITH THEN MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BUT CONFIDENCE ON RAINFALL IS MARGINAL. IF IT DOES RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...THE BEST CONFIDENCE POINTS TO SATURDAY AND AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. A MAJOR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES IN EARLY MONDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL LIKELY END FIRE SEASON WITH COOL WEATHER AND WETTING RAINS. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-77. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WIND 0-1 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 1-2 MPH THROUGH NOON. THEN...WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WIND 3-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 4-8 MPH THROUGH NOON. THEN...WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...STAVISH REQUESTED BY...GREG FUNDERBURK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110928.REDCO.01/MFR