FNUS76 KMFR 181401
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEEF...ODF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
701 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER TODAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY
STRONGER THAN ON MONDAY SO IT WILL LIKELY TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO LONGER
THAN IT DID ON MONDAY BEFORE UPSLOPE NORTHWEST EYE LEVEL WINDS DEVELOP.
A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SITE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH AN INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. THERE WILL BE A WESTERLY
FLOW ALOFT AND A GRADUAL WEAK COOLING TREND WITH PERSISTENT HIGH CLOUDS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WIND 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL BY LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH VEERING TO SOUTH 10 TO 15
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...KELLIE CARLSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111018.BEEF_.02/MFR