FNUS76 KMFR 202254
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
354 PM PDT SUN MAY 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1524 PDT ON MAY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PROJECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE BURN AREA
MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE INCREASING WINDS
FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT MONDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE
FOR A FEW SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
EVENING. ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MAINLY SOUTH AND
EAST OF THE BURN AREA, BUT WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

SHOWERS DECREASE MONDAY EVENING WITH MOST HOURS DRY MONDAY
NIGHT. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY IN THE EVENING. THEN SHOULD
GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 2-5 WITH A FEW GUST TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING WEST 6-10 WITH GUSTS TO
                    14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT IN THE MORNING. 15 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 14-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 27 MPH...BECOMING
                    WEST INCREASING TO 22-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS DECREASING IN THE
                    EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-38.
MIN HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 4-7 WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING.
                    WEST 2-4 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 15-22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING. NORTHWEST 10-20 MPH THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.




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FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI
REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120520.HICKE.01/MFR