FNUS76 KMFR 140120
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PANTHER HAND PILES...HAPPY CAMP RD/USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
620 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PERSISTENT PATTERN IS EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS...WITH NEAR TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LITTLE
TO NO PRECIPITATION. NO SIGNIFICANT STORMS ARE ON THE HORIZON THROUGH
NEXT WEEK. MAINLY HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK WITH
SOME MORNING FOG IN THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS. A LINGERING NEARBY WEAK FRONT
WILL YIELD A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CASCADES SUNDAY AND
THEN EXIT THE AREA BY MONDAY. WARMER AND SUNNY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY. MODELS DIVERGE LATER NEXT WEEK REGARDING PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND
OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN...SO THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AT THAT
RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WIND 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    WIND TO 2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-52 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING NORTHWEST WIND 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...TERRY WALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111014.PANTH.01/MFR