FNUS76 KMFR 170018
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAVA...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
518 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1618 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...LITTLE CHANGE TO THE WEATHER TONIGHT WITH WEST WINDS
THROUGH THE EVENING THEN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVERNIGHT. LOW
TEMPERATURES AND MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT.
ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY IS ON TAP FOR FRIDAY WITH HIGHS A DEGREE
OR TWO HIGHER THAN THURSDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE INCIDENT LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING. STORMS SHOULD DECREASE IN COVERAGE
FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EVEN MORE LIKELY NEAR THE INCIDENT SATURDAY
BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL DOWN.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-64 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 4-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO NORTH AT 1-3 MPH AFTER 10 PM
                    THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO NORTH AT 3-5 MPH AFTER 10 PM
                    THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2 PM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-12 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN
                    NORTH AT 4-6 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH THROUGH NOON THEN BECOMING
                    NORTH AT 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH AFTER NOON.
                    GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-64 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 4-7 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING
                    THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 6-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE
                    EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.

$$
FORECASTER...WRIGHT
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120816.LAVA_.01/MFR