FNUS76 KMFR 211525 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR JACK HANDPILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE KNF SALMON/SCOTT DISTRICT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 725 AM PST MON NOV 21 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON NOVEMBER 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG FRONT IS MOVING TOWARDS THE COAST THIS MORNING THEN WILL STALL ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA TUESDAY THEN INLAND BY WEDNESDAY. THESE FRONTS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING VERY GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW CHANCES WILL INCREASE BY THIS EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-40. MIN HUMIDITY........60-75 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 14 TO 28 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 90 PERCENT IN THE EVENING. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...JOE BOGGS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111121.JACKH.01/MFR