FNUS76 KMFR 181615
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 62 PILE BURN...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
915 AM PDT THU OCT 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0920 PDT ON OCTOBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST TODAY. A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING CLOSE TO
ONE-QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SNOW LEVELS
REMAINING BELOW THE BURN ELEVATION.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY..
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON..
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SANDLER
REQUESTED BY...GREG FUNDERBURK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121018.HIGHW.01/MFR