FNUS76 KMFR 151259
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SISTERS...MODOC NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
559 AM PDT MON OCT 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1648 PDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...STRONGER WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SITE LATE TONIGHT
WITH A MEASUREABLE AMOUNT OF RAIN EXPECTED AND A FEW POST FRONTAL
SHOWERS TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTHWEST AND
REACH A PEAK SPEED WHILE SKIES CLEAR ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING
A DRIER AIR MASS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT
                    MORNING SHOWERS THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH THEN SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING
                    THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15
                    MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE JOHNSTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121014.SISTE.01/MFR