FNUS76 KMFR 232335
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR ANTELOPE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
435 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1559 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...W3INDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING
AND SHOULD NOT BE AS MUCH OF A CONCERN TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT WILL BE COOLER WITH RECOVERIES SLIGHTLY BETTER COMPARED
TO THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT AN INVERSION TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
AND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MID MORNING FRIDAY. DRY AND WARMER FRIDAY
WITH LOW MIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BUT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
AS STRONG AS THURSDAY.


A HEADS UP FOR SUNDAY....AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BE WEST OF THE
BURN AREA SUNDAY AND THIS COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE
TO STRONG WINDS AT THE BURN AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE
EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. WITH WINDS DECREASING AFTER 1O PM PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7-12 WITH GUST TO 15 MPH EARLY....THEN
                    DECREASING WITH VARIABLE WINDS 9-2 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL EARLY DECREASING TO 500 AGL OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15-22 MPH EARLY...THEN NORTH 1-3 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 12-18 WITH GUSTS TO 23 MPH EARLY...THEN
                    VARIABLE 1-3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM IN THE MORNING. WEST 2-5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7-13 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0-2 MPH IN THE MORNING. WEST 4-8 WITH
                    GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 2-4 MPH EARLY...THEN VARIABLE 0-1 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL EARLY DECREASING TO 500 AGL OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH EARLY...THEN SOUTH 1-3 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5-8 MPH MPH EARLY...THEN VARIABLE 1-2 MPH.


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FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI
REQUESTED BY...HUGH SCANLON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120823.ANTEL.02/MFR