FNUS76 KMFR 230126
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
626 PM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1606 PDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COOL AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL SETTLE OVER SOUTHERN
OREGON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. WINDS WILL TURN MORE
NORTHWESTERLY TODAY AND WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA BRIEFLY. A TROUGH WILL BRING MORE
COLD AIR TO THE AREA THURSDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO AROUND 6500
FEET. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING AT THE
HIGHER PEAKS. THE AIR MASS WILL ALSO BE UNSTABLE ON THURSDAY WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AREA. THUNDERSTORM BUILD-UPS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT MAINLY FROM THE WARNER VALLEY EAST
INTO HARNEY COUNTY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH...INCREASING TO 5
                    TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 13 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 MPH...BECOMING NORTH TO
                    NORTHWEST WINDS AND INCREASING TO 13 MPH BY NOON.
                    NORTHWEST GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33.
MAX HUMIDITY........ABOVE 90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW FLURRIES IN THE
                    MORNING. SNOW LEVEL 6000-6500 FEET.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH. GUST TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...2 AFTER 1400.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...RUTH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120522.HICKE.01/MFR