FNUS76 KMFR 090611 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCLOUD PILE BURN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1011 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON JANUARY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW AND DIMINISHED RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ACROSS THE UPPER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO CALMER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH, WEAKENING SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT REACHES THE THE BURN. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SURGE OF COLDER AIR THAT WILL DROP HIGH TEMPERATURES BY 4 TO 8 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS THEN EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....29. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. CWR.................11 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. CWR.................19 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES REQUESTED BY...DONNA SAGER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120110.MCCLO.01/MFR