FNUS76 KMFR 090013
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUNCOM 10...MEDFORD BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
513 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING MARINE STRATUS CLOUDS FROM
THE COAST TO THE CASCADE AND SISKIYOU FOOTHILLS TONIGHT WHILE
INCREASED MOISTURE SPILLS EAST OF THE CASCADES AND PROVIDES
BETTER RECOVERIES TONIGHT. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES PREVAIL WEDNESDAY BUT AT THE EXPENSE OF GUSTY WINDS.
THE COOL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BUT THE AIR
WILL DRY OUT CONSIDERABLY AS AN OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS AGAIN
AND RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR TO MODERATE ON THE RIDGES THURSDAY
NIGHT. DRY AND MUCH WARMER WEATHER BEGINS FRIDAY AND CONTINUES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE WIND TO 2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 800-1100 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...MIKE APPLING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120509.BUNCO.01/MFR