FNUS76 KMFR 151400
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR A12 PILES...KNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
700 AM PDT THU MAR 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1650 PDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A BROAD WARM FRONT THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO A STRONG
COLD FRONT PUSHING IN FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND MODERATE PRECIPITATION WILL
MOVE IN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO
NEAR 7000 FEET TODAY BUT WILL FALL NEAR THE CASCADES WESTWARD AS THE
MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ARRIVES...DOWN TO NEAR 3500 FEET BY
FRIDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE COAST ON FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF ENHANCED
PRECIPITATION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
WILL FEATURE SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOOR AT TIMES.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS 10 MPH THROUGH
                    LATE MORNING...THEN 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MODERATE RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW TOWARD
                    SUNRISE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS 16 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING DIMINISHING TO 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.


.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING.
                    RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........63-76 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...MIKE POWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120314.A12PI.02/MFR