FNUS76 KMFR 190549 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR BEATTY BUTTE...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1049 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2300 PDT ON JULY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A PERSISTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE OREGON COAST WILL PRODUCE DIMINISHING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREME SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA SEEING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE FROM WHAT WAS ONCE TROPICAL STORM FABIO WILL GET DRAWN NORTHWARD AND INTERACT WITH THE LOW OFF THE COAST WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE EAST SIDE, EXPANDING INTO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY MORNING RESULTING IN DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....55. MAX HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE WIND TO 2 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....91. MIN HUMIDITY........8 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTH 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. CWR.................6 PERCENT. LAL.................2. $$ FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES REQUESTED BY...LIFC TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120718.BEATT.01/MFR