FNUS76 KMFR 290335 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR POPE WEST...LAKEVIEW BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 735 PM PST MON NOV 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED WEST OF THE BURN AREA TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST TOWARDS THE EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SOME AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT PROBABLY NOT UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE BURN AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND COULD BRING FLURRIES OR SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE GUSTY WINDS EARLY TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY AT 20 FEET. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-53. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM IN THE MORNING. WEST 1-3 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 2-5 MPH LATE. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING. 2000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........CALM IN THE MORNING. WEST 6-13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR....THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF SCATTERED FLURRIES. MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-25. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 2-5 MPH EARLY...THEN VARIABLE 0-2 MPH. THEN WEST 3-5 WITH A FEW GUST TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL LATE. MIXING WINDS........WEST 6-10 MPH EARLY...THEN NORTHWEST 12-19 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-40. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-5 WITH A FEW GUST TO 8 MPH EARLY...THEN NORTHWEST 7-13 WITH A FEW GUST TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 30-42 MPH. CWR.................5 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI REQUESTED BY...MIKE MCGIRR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111129.POPEW.01/MFR