FNUS76 KMFR 022025
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MORTAR COYOTE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
125 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH CLOUDS WILL REMAIN THICK THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT. WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
INCREASE FROM NOW UNTIL AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
WILL LINGER THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
THERE WILL BE A WARMING AND DRYING TREND FROM FRIDAY INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY THEN SUNNY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING
                    THEN RAIN LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 22 TO 32 MPH.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY EARLY THEN SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...AMY MCCLAVE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120502.MORTA.02/MFR