FNUS76 KMFR 252337 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR BARRY POINT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 437 PM PDT SAT AUG 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1548 PDT ON AUGUST 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THEN AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL INCREASED SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA ON SUNDAY...WITH WINDS STRONGER THAN TODAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE LATE MORNING SUNDAY AND INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST AT LEAST THROUGH MONDAY. ALSO AS THE TROUGH BEGINS TO SHIFT INLAND LATE TUESDAY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS MAY BE AS STRONG AND GUSTY ON TUESDAY AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER SUNDAY AND CONTINUE TO TREND COOLER MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-51. MAX HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 TO 6 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-8000 FT AGL IN THE EARLY EVENING DECREASING TO 500-800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-82. MIN HUMIDITY........11-14 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-6000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 6000-8000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON MIXING WINDS........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH...INCREASING TO 22 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120825.BARRY.01/MFR