FNUS76 KMFR 180207 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR VALLEY...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 707 PM PDT MON OCT 17 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE SURFACE TROUGH AT THE COAST IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INLAND INTO WESTERN OREGON AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS THE COAST. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY STILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. RECOVERIES WILL BE MODERATE TO FAIR EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LOW MIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE AFTERNOON. SKIES START OUT CLEAR...THEN CUMULUS CLOUDS BUILD UP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME WERE EXPECTING DRY WEATHER WITH ANY CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER HOLDING OFF UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. A SHOWER OR TWO MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE THE DAY WILL BE DRY WITH DECREASING CLOUDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-71. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM...THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH FROM MID MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7-12 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-43. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 2-4 MPH EARLY...THEN VARIABLE 0-2 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-66. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH IN THE MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 8-14 MPH. CWR.................6 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111018.BEARV.01/MFR