FNUS76 KMFR 231512
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLER...USDA FOREST SERVICE KNF SALMON RIVER R.D.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
712 AM PST THU FEB 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON FEBRUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE SUNNY AND DRIER UNDER HIGH PRESSURE TODAY
THEN WARMER WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY BY
FRIDAY EVENING THEN VEER TO NORTHWEST AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
LIGHT SNOW OF AROUND AN INCH IS LIKELY WITH THE FRONT LATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES ON SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO
                    6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH BECOMING
                    LIGHT WIND.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING WEST 6 TO 11 MPH AROUND
                    NOON THEN 12 TO 17 MPH LATER IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...JEREMY ROSE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120223.RATTL.01/MFR