FNUS76 KMFR 200019
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
519 PM PDT SAT MAY 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1625 PDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SOUTHWEST WINDS SLIGHTLY STRONGER SUNDAY AND MUCH STRONGER ON
MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL BE
THICKEST SATURDAY EVENING BUT PERSIST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE ONSHORE
MONDAY AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE SITE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY EVENING. CLOUDS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. 20 FOOT WINDS MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE LIKELY TO BE SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST BUT WINDIEST OF A SERIES OF
DISTURBANCES THAT WILL BRING COOLER AND MORE HUMID WEATHER NEXT WEEK.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY EARLY THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120519.HICKE.01/MFR