FNUS76 KMFR 272345
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAVA...BLM LAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
445 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1612 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OFFSHORE WILL PERSIST
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...THEN GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND OVER THE REGION
TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO THE BURN AREA THIS EVENING AND AGAIN
TUESDAY. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN GUSTY TILL AROUND SUNSET
THEN WILL DECREASE. ON TUESDAY AS THE TROUGH GRADUALLY MOVES
INLAND...EXPECT INCREASED SOUTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE
AREA WITH VERY GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS TUESDAY
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EVENING AND VEER TO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST.

A LINGERING TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH A DECREASE
IN TEMPERATURES BY SEVERAL DEGREES AND AND INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES
BY AROUND 5 PERCENT. WINDS WEDNESDAY WILL BE LIGHTER AND WESTERLY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING WEST
                    TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH...THEN BECOMING LIGHT
                    1 TO 2 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING WEST
                    TO NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH...THEN BECOMING
                    LIGHT 2 TO 4 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE..
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-82
MIN HUMIDITY........10-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 2 TO 5  MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH....BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...AMANDA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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