FNUS76 KMFR 121059
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PARK CA-SHF-002579...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
359 AM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1713 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE IN THE WEATHER OVER THE INCIDENT
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS AN UPPER RIDGE REMAINS PARKED OVER
THE REGION. LIGHT GRADIENTS WILL LEAD TO MAINLY DIURNALLY SLOPE
DRIVEN WINDS. THE PRIMARY NOCTURNAL INVERSION WILL LIKELY BE IN
THE VALLEYS BELOW THE INCIDENT, BUT A WEAKER SECONDARY INVERSION
WILL SETTLE AT AROUND 1,000 FEET AGL. NIGHT TIME HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POOR TO MODERATE AT THE INCIDENT
WITH GOOD AFTERNOON MIXING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24%.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY MID MORNING AND
                    CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3-5
                    MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62-66.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-38%.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FEET AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AND DECREASING TO
                    3-5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 1-2 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24%.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY MID MORNING AND
                    CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3-5
                    MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...WRIGHT
REQUESTED BY...DONNA SAGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120811.PARKC.01/MFR