FNUS76 KMFR 240140 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR A-12...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 540 PM PST WED JAN 23 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON JANUARY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WELL EAST OF THE SPOT AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING...ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...SURFACE WARMING WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME A LINGERING INVERSION ALOFT. THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...AND ALONG WITH A SERIES OF OTHER DISTURBANCES...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. THIS PATTERN MAY PERSIST NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....46 TO 49. MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 55 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING... SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AT 6 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....28 TO 30. MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 95 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. MAX TEMPERATURE.....43 TO 47. MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 55 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 2 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL BY LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH IN THE MORNING... INCREASING TO 28 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. CWR.................25 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...BUNNAG/NIEUWENHUIS REQUESTED BY...BRANDON DETHLEFS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130124.A12__.01/MFR