FNUS76 KMFR 091414
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOFF FIRE...US FOREST SERVICE, HAPPY CAMP RD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
714 AM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0627 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING AS A WEAK
SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CASCADES.
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND FRIDAY WITH SLIGHT COOLING AND
WEAKER WINDS BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE
QUICKLY REBUILDS OVER THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURES SINCE LAST WEEKEND. A STRENGTHENING THERMAL TROUGH ALONG
THE COAST WILL BRING DRY OFFSHORE FLOW AND DECREASED RIDGE TOP
RECOVERIES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88 RIDGE TO 98 VALLEY.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS OF
                    3 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
                    AT THE TOP OF THE BURN IN THE AFTERNOON EXPECT
                    WINDS TO BE GENERALLY OUT OF THE WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST AT 4 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS OF 2 TO 5 MPH
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. AT THE TOP
                    OF THE BURN IN THE AFTERNOON EXPECT WINDS TO
                    BE GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT
                    6 TO 12 MPH.
.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47 VALLEY TO AROUND 57 RIDGE.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT RIDGE TO 85 PERCENT VALLEY.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS OF
                    3 TO 5 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AROUND SUNSET...THEN
                    WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A NORTHEASTERLY
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY FLOW OF 1 TO 3 MPH. AT
                    THE TOP OF THE BURN OVERNIGHT EXPECT SLIGHTLY
                    STRONGER EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 3 TO 5
                    MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    EARLY EVENING...BECOMING A NORTHEASTERLY
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY FLOW OF
                    2 TO 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET.  AT THE TOP OF THE
                    BURN OVERNIGHT EXPECT SLIGHTLY STRONG EAST
                    TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 8 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85 RIDGE TO 95 VALLEY.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS OF
                    2 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
                    AT THE TOP OF THE BURN IN THE AFTERNOON EXPECT
                    WINDS TO BE GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTH AT 3 TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS OF 2 TO 5 MPH
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. AT THE TOP
                    OF THE BURN IN THE AFTERNOON EXPECT WINDS TO
                    BE GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...KURT LINDSTRAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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