FNUS76 KMFR 160103
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUERIDGE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
503 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON NOVEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STATIONARY FRONT NEARBY THIS EVENING WILL BRING MAINLY
CLOUDS TO THE BURN SITE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SOME CLEARING TOWARD
WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WARM FRONT WILL INCREASE CLOUDS LATE WEDNESDAY
AT THE BURN SITE...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY...WITH WINDS
INCREASING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR
7000 FEET. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH ON THURSDAY...CAUSING
MORE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DROPPING TEMPERATURES SHARPLY...WITH
SNOW EXPECTED AT BLUE RIDGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH GUSTING TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST-SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT EARLY BECOMING 10 PERCENT BY EVENING.

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FORECASTER...KEENE
REQUESTED BY...THOMAS SHICKLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111116.BLUER.01/MFR