FNUS76 KMFR 311446 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR TIMBER JACK UP PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 746 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS INTO THE BURN AREA TODAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE BURN AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THEN TAPER OFF ON THURSDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN BEGINNING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT INCREASING IN THE AFTERNOON TO 100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 15-18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 2000-2500 FT IN THE AFTERNOON MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................90 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12-25 MPH MPH BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING CWR.................75 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54-57. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH. CWR.................20 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...JOE BOGGS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121031.TIMBE.01/MFR