FNUS76 KMFR 251121
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HART ESCARPMENT PILES...FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
421 AM PDT WED APR 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1640 PDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES AND THEN MOVES THROUGH. LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BURN
SITE. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...BETWEEN 0.20" AND 0.40"...SHOULD
FALL IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN
FROM THE WEST.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY DUE TO HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING.
                    CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WIND 3 TO 6 WITH GUSTS TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING. BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS 18 TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS EARLY...BECOMING INCREASING
                    TO 4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 11,000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 TO 18
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................75 PERCENT.


.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW
                    AND/OR SMALL HAIL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-58 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND
                    18 MPH...BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE
                    MORNING...AND THEN 7700-8500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................75 PERCENT.


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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...DREW TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.HARTE.02/MFR