FNUS76 KMFR 100019 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR GRIZZLEY...USFS SHF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 519 PM PDT TUE OCT 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1651 PDT ON OCTOBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT BUT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE NOTICEABLY POORER WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY MORNING THAN THEY WERE EARLY THIS MORNING. BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A LOW TO THE SOUTH EXITS THE AREA. THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA WITH DECREASING THIS WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ALSO EXPECT A WEAK WARMING TREND. THE PATTERN WILL CHANGE FRIDAY WITH A COOLER AND MORE MOIST AIR MASS AS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF FRONTS APPROACHES. THE FIRST WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE NEXT SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WEEK IS FORECAST TO BE STRONGER. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT THIS EVENING LOWERING TO 35 PERCENT EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 1 TO 2 MPH UNTIL EARLY EVENING THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................4 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY EVENING THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST 8 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................1 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...RYAN WHEELER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121009.GRIZZ.01/MFR