FNUS76 KMFR 041650
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MODOC NWR...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
850 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE THIS MORNING AS LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL RELAX A BIT OVERNIGHT,
THEN A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY WITH INCREASING
CLOUDS. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON, THEN RAIN WILL
MOVE IN AT NIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS TO THE BURN
ELEVATION BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE DAY. THERE CAN BE AN INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION. COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. SOME
IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THIS MORNING, THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....CALM EARLY, THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH BY
                    MIDDAY AND 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10-15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING, THEN SOUTHEAST
                    3-6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY AND INCREASINGLY WINDY. A CHANCE
                    OF RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN CHANGING TO
                    SNOW AT NIGHT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5-10 MPH INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 35-45 MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...SPILDE
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN PYLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130304.MODOC.01/MFR