FNUS76 KMFR 030128 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR MARTIN S DAIRY PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 628 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON NOVEMBER 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOME WET SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND AT DAYBREAK AND ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES NEAR THE 20 FT LEVEL...BUT WILL BE MUCH LESS AT EYE LEVEL. A FEW WET SNOW SHOWERS LINGER THURSDAY EVENING...WITH DRY CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE WITH A MORE MOISTURE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-38. MIN HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 5-9 WITH A FEW GUST TO 13 MPH IN THE MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH IN THE MORNING. BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 8-14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................80 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 35 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. MOSTLY CLOUDY AND DRY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....21-25. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING. LOWERING TO 2000 FT OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 9 TO 14 MPH. CWR.................40 PERCENT....THEN 10 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI REQUESTED BY...ERIK BLANKENSHIP TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111103.MARTI.01/MFR