FNUS76 KMFR 260100 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR YAINAX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 600 PM PDT WED APR 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1730 PDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO A STEADY RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. A WETTING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AS THE FRONT PASSES LATE THURSDAY MORNING...BUT DIMINISH ONLY SLIGHTLY AS THEY VEER TO WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS. A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL ON THE WEEKEND. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH DECREASING TO SOUTH 1 TO 4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1200 FT AGL THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 28 TO 38 MPH. CWR.................90 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH VEERING TO WEST 3 TO 7 WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 25 TO 35 MPH. CWR.................60 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....26. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 TO 30 MPH. CWR.................25 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...WEYGAND REQUESTED BY...LELAND HUNTER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120425.YAINA.01/MFR