FNUS76 KMFR 190334
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRACK IN THE GROUND...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
834 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2005 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...A PERSISTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE OREGON
COAST WILL PRODUCE WELL WEST OF THE BURN. MOISTURE FROM WHAT WAS
ONCE TROPICAL STORM FABIO WILL GET DRAWN NORTHWARD AND INTERACT
WITH THE LOW OFF THE COAST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY
THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE EAST SIDE, THEN EXPAND 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.....51.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WIND 1 TO 3 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 6 MPH
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST WIND TO 2 MPH LATE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...LIFC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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