FNUS76 KMFR 260028
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAVA...BLM LAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
528 PM PDT SAT AUG 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1648 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...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING THEN DECREASE OVERNIGHT. TOMORROW... AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST ON SUNDAY.
THIS WILL BRING 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 OF GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING 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.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST  WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING THE EARLY
                    EVENING...VEERING TO THE NORTH DURING THE
                    MID TO LATE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING THE EARLY
                    EVENING...VEERING TO THE NORTH IN THE
                    MID TO LATE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY..
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 12-15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 15-18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...AMANDA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120825.LAVA_.04/MFR