FNUS76 KMFR 171755
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR NUGGET BUTTE...ODF MEDFORD UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1055 AM PDT FRI AUG 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1031 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PDT
SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
SMOKEY ALOFT AND HOT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY. MOISTURE COMING IN
WILL BE A BIT DELAYED. THIS MEANS THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE STILL REMAINS A FAIR
AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT STORMS WILL CREST THE
SISKIYOUS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY BE DRY
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL INCREASING SATURDAY MORNING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF
                    SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96 TO 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 TO 22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE AND NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH GUSTING TO 6 MPH IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5-15 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUD IN THE EVENING AND THEN MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS
                    THIS EVENING, POSSIBLY BECOMING SCATTERED TOWARD
                    MORNING. AREAS OF SMOKE. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON
                    SITE IS 50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 POSSIBLY INCREASING TO A 3 TOWARD MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE.



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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY LEMING
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120817.NUGGE.02/MFR