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SPOT FORECAST FOR ANTELOPE PILE BURN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
719 PM PDT WED MAR 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS WEST OF THE BURN AREA
TODAY. HOWEVER A COOL AIR MASS REMAINS WITH A NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH SURFACE HEATING WILL CAUSE WINDS
TO INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OFFSHORE FRIDAY. AT THE SAME TIME
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE BURN AREA
RESULTING IN GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

OUTLOOK FOR THE SATURDAY INTO MONDAY...DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE WITH HIGH PRESSURE NUDGING INLAND. THERE IS STILL
THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY BREEZES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS
STRONG MONDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    8-14 WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....18-20.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTH 2-4 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 2-4 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 8-14 WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PETRUCELLI
REQUESTED BY...MATT STROM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130321.ANTEL.01/MFR