FNUS76 KMFR 180621 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR PILGRIM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1121 PM PDT SUN MAR 17 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST MONDAY WITH HIGH CLOUDS INCREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL THICKEN MONDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT NEARS THE COAST. THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ON TUESDAY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WITH A CONTINUATION OF RAIN AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR 6500 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT AND FALL TO 5000 FEET WEDNESDAY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SNOW LEVEL FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. 20 FT WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST 5 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT. 20 FT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON THEN RAIN IN THE EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. 20 FT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH BECOMING 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................30 PERCENT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS NEAR 50. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...WEYGAND REQUESTED BY...HEATHER MCRAE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130318.PILGR.01/MFR