FNUS76 KMFR 290307
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SMOKEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
807 PM PDT FRI OCT 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON OCTOBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT WILL STALL WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA
SATURDAY PROVIDING JUST SOME HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS AT TIMES.
OVERALL THE TREND IS FOR SLIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
THIS WEEKEND WITH GOOD NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES. WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE
LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY IN THE AFTERNOONS. A SLIGHTLY STRONGER
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING BUT IT
WILL LIKELY STAY DRY. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER EARLY NEXT
WEEK BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN NORTH TO NORTHEAST
                    AT 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3700 FT IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND 0 TO 2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL IN THE EARLY EVENING...THEN 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. LOWS 36 TO 41. HIGHS 56 TO 58. NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 30 TO 35. HIGHS 52 TO 56. NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO
16 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 29 TO 34. HIGHS 56 TO 58. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND
5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SPILDE
REQUESTED BY...HEATHER MCRAE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111029.SMOKE.02/MFR