FNUS76 KMFR 231228
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR ANTELOPE...USFS MDNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
528 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0033 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL SWING NORTH OF THE BURN AREA
TODAY. THIS WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS FROM AROUND MIDDAY TODAY THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE IN THE LATE EVENING
THEN BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL BE A
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN TODAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE WEST ON FRIDAY AND PERSISTS ON SATURDAY. THEN A SIGNIFICANT
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK. THIS MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO
THE BURN AREA.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    3 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO  7500 FT AGL
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 15-20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                    AND INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING WEST
                    17 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    6 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING THEN INCREASING
                    TO 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
                    WESTERLY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-50
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    WITH GUSTS OF 12 TO 16 MPH...DECREASING TO
                    3 TO 6 MPH...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 1 TO 3
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500-7000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL AFTER SUNSET.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH...THEN DECREASING
                    TO AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 6 TO 9
                    MPH...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    AND SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 3000-4000 FT IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN BECOMING WEST TO
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN MACK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120823.ANTEL.01/MFR