FNUS76 KMFR 091802
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BERRY POINT...OIIMT4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1102 AM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1024 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS MOVING INLAND THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL BRING BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. THEN LIGHT NORTHEAST
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING POOR TO
MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT DAYTIME HUMIDITIES
TO BE NEAR 10 PERCENT FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING WARMER AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS
TO THE AREA ON THE WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT AND MORNING OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL STRENGTHEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE BY
SUNDAY MORNING. POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES DUE TO WARMING NIGHT TIME
TEMPERATURES AND OFFSHORE FLOW ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
MORNING WITH HUMIDITIES OF 35 TO 40 PERCENT.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 8 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY
                    EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-7000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING
                     TO 500-1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING AND
                     OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 8 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    IN THE MID AND LATE EVENING...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS
                    UP TO 15 MPH EXPECTED IN THE EARLY EVENING.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120809.BERRY.01/MFR