FNUS76 KMFR 242209
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUTTE...OIIMT2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
309 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1435 PDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARM SUMMER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO DRY
CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND DIURNAL WINDS DRIVEN BY THE
MOUNTAIN VALLEY CIRCULATIONS UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW ON SATURDAY.
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE IN
LEADING TO INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW, COOLER CONDITIONS, AND
AN INCREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. EXPECT WINDS TO BE BREEZY
AND GUSTY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS WITH
20 FOOT WINDS GUSTING OVER 25 TO 35 MPH ON THE RIDGES DURING THIS
PERIOD. INCREASING MOISTURE IS LIKELY REACH A MAXIMUM AROUND TUESDAY
NIGHT WITH CLOUDS IMPACTING THE TERRAIN AND LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR AND SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 0-2MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH LATE
                    MORNING, THEN UPSLOPE AND WEST 2-4 MPH AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE
                    MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5-15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 0-5 MPH EARLY, BECOMING UPSLOPE AND
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH LATE MORNING, THEN UPSLOPE
                    AND WEST 6-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING CALM, THEN DOWNSLOPE AND SOUTH 0-2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 0-5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........DIMINISHING TO CALM LATE EVENING, THEN DOWNSLOPE
                    AND SOUTH 5 MPH TOWARD MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DAY 2 THROUGH 5...
PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT. LOWS 35 TO 45.
HIGHS 60 TO 70. MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 70 TO 90 PERCENT,
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 30 TO 40 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120824.BUTTE.01/MFR