FNUS76 KMFR 231300
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MODOC NWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
600 AM PDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
IT WILL BE VERY WARM AGAIN TODAY AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED
TO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS
AND HAIL. A COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN TUESDAY WITH WEAKER
INSTABILITY LINGERING OVER THE AREA. THERE WILL BE GUSTY WINDS
AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
THAT WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION INTO THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 0 TO 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
                    WINDS 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 10 TO
                    15 MPH  IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. VARIABLE AND
                    STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL...THEN INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING...INCREASING TO 8000-10000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING...INCREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-87 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNGHT. VARIABLE AND
                    STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH....INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

$$
FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120423.MODOC.01/MFR