FNUS76 KMFR 160236 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR PANTHER HAND PILES...HAPPY CAMP RD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 736 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON OCTOBER 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH AND ANOTHER ONE MOVING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUD COVER ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON WITH DECREASING CLOUD COVER. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS WEST OF THE BURN AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH OFFSHORE FLOW INCREASING. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY MID AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-3 MPH IN THE MORNING. NORTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 7-13 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53. MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 2-5 MPH EARLY...THEN NORTH TO NORTHEAST 1-3 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 4-7 MPH...THEN NORTHEAST 2-4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3-5 WITH A FEW GUST TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 4-7 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI REQUESTED BY...SCOTT BOVEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111016.PANTH.01/MFR