FNUS76 KMFR 260311 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR GOFF...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 811 PM PDT SAT AUG 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1908 PDT ON AUGUST 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS A FRONT TOWARDS THE COAST LATE TODAY...EXPECT BREEZY SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE AREA, ESPECIALLY ON RIDGES, WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER JUST OFF THE COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY...GRADUALLY MOVING INLAND LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AND IMPROVED SMOKE DISPERSION WILL CONTINUE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH MIXING TO AROUND 6500 FT OR HIGHER ABOVE THE LOWER VALLEY LEVEL. AN INVERSION WILL CONTINUE TO RETURN OVERNIGHT. LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INLAND AND BRINGS COOLER CONDITIONS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88 VALLEYS AND 73-79 RIDGES MIN HUMIDITY........17-20 PERCENT VALLEYS...22-28 PERCENT RIDGES. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VALLEYS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES...SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS OVER THE RIDGES MAY SHIFT TO THE WEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...ALSO GUSTS TO 10 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE RIDGES. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........VALLEYS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS 1 TO 4 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS OVER THE RIDGES MAY SHIFT TO THE WEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...ALSO GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE RIDGES. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50 IN VALLEYS AND 53-57 RIDGES. MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT VALLEYS...50-65 PERCENT ON RIDGES. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VALLEYS...UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 0 TO 2 MPH. RIDGES...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1500 FT AGL AFTER SUNSET. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH...EXCEPT LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE VALLEYS. WIND (20 FT)........VALLEYS...UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1 TO 4 MPH. RIDGES...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88 VALLEYS AND 72-78 RIDGES MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT VALLEYS...24-28 PERCENT RIDGES. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VALLEYS...VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES...SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST OT WEST 4 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-7500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WIND (20 FT)........VALLEYS...VARIABLE 1 TO 4 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 7 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...MIKE POWELL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120825.GOFF_.01/MFR