FNUS76 KMFR 150146
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORT COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
646 PM PDT FRI SEP 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1807 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN OREGON TODAY.
THIS WILL ENHANCE ONSHORE FLOW INTO WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND
MAINLY NORTHWEST WIND AT THE RIDGES. WINDS WILL TURN OFFSHORE
TONIGHT WITH FAIR TO POOR RECOVERY AGAIN TONIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE IN
AIR MASS IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY EXCEPT FOR SOME INCREASE IN
CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY..
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TO 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 TO 28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER 1400.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    NORTHWEST WINDS 8 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR..
MIN TEMPERATURE.....DOWN TO 60 BY 2000...MIN AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT BY 2000 AND REMAINING AROUND
                    40 PERCENT FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT.
                    RECOVERY TO 49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS 0 TO 2 MPH AFTER 2200.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN
                    BECOMING EAST 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73 TO 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 TO 28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTH AROUND 8 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...MIKE POWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120914.FORTC.01/MFR