FNUS76 KMFR 072028 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR BILL...USFS KNF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 128 PM PDT TUE AUG 7 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1255 PDT ON AUGUST 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE REGION REMAINS BETWEEN A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED FROM UTAH INTO IDAHO AND A BROAD TROUGH CENTERED OFFSHORE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD LATE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING FURTHER AND A VERY DRY AIR MASS CONTINUING OVER THE AREA. OFFSHORE EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE MORNINGS BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS WITH DECREASING OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-88. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 3 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-6000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING WEST 6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-87. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 1 TO 2 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4000-5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE 1 TO 3 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...RICHARD GOODWIN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120807.BILL_.01/MFR