FNUS76 KMFR 121936
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SISTERS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1236 PM PDT FRI OCT 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1129 PDT ON OCTOBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT. AHEAD
OF THIS FRONT...EXPECT SOME GUSTY WEST WINDS BEGINNING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.   AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND
TONIGHT IT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN INTO THE AREA
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. THEN EXPECT
DRY CONDITIONS AND LIGHTER WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SATURDAY.

ANOTHER SECOND STRONGER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION
LATE SUNDAY AND MOVE INLAND OVER THE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING INCREASED SOUTHWEST WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. THEN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS ON MONDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 4 MPH
                    BECOMING WEST 4 TO 6 MPH IN
                     THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
                     TO 10-12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO
                     8 TO 12 MPH IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
                     GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE MID TO LATE
                     AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTS TO 10-12 MPH
                    THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE EARLY EVENING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO 7 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...SUZANNA JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121012.SISTE.01/MFR