FNUS76 KMFR 010009
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BARRY POINT...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
509 PM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1633 PDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WELL TO THE NORTH IS MOVING INLAND TONIGHT
AND WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ON SATURDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD
INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. IT WILL BE
A BIT COOLER AND LESS DRY ON SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH. SATURDAY NIGHT THERE WILL OFFSHORE FLOW. WHILE THIS OFFSHORE
FLOW WILL BE LIGHT IT WILL KEEP HUMIDITY RECOVERIES MINIMAL. ON
SUNDAY IT WILL HEAT BACK UP AGAIN AND DRY OUT, WITH SIGNIFICANT
VERTICAL MIXING IN THE AFTERNOON.


.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 0-2 MPH BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING 9000 FT AGL
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST
                    5-15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 0-5 MPH BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST 5-10
                    MPH.


.SATURDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT UPPER PORTION TO 35-45 PERCENT
                    BOTTOM.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 0-2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........BECOMING NORTH 5-10 MPH DURING THE EVENING,
                    THEN NORTHEAST 0-5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 0-5
                    MPH.


.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-12 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING SOUTHEAST 0-2 MPH THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 10500 FT
                    AGL DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 0-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-15
                    MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING SOUTHEAST 0-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5-10 MPH.


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FORECASTER...LUTZ
REQUESTED BY...SUE PUDDY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120831.BARRY.01/MFR