FNUS76 KMFR 140449
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCLOUD PILE BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
849 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1655 PST ON DECEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE BURN AREA
THIS MORNING...THEN WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE BURN AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL
BE GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING AND LASTING INTO MOST
OF THURSDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE
AREA TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
WITH DECREASING WINDS. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THIS
TIME.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-47 PERCENT.
20 FT. WINDS.........SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-26.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
20 FT. WINDS.........WEST SOUTHWEST 7-12 WITH A FEW GUST TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-40.
MIN HUMIDITY........63-67 PERCENT.
20 FT. WINDS........WEST 5-9 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN NORTHWEST
                    6-10 WITH A FEW GUST TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI
REQUESTED BY...DONNA SAGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111214.MCCLO.01/MFR