FNUS76 KMFR 261327 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR GARNER RANCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 627 AM PDT TUE MAR 26 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...ONE WEAK SYSTEM HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST BUT ANOTHER WILL BRING LIKELY BRING LIGHT SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEAK INSTABILITY WILL LINGER LATE TONIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOONS WITH GOOD MIXING EACH DAY. A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH ON FRIDAY AND AFFECT THE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE THE WARMEST THEY HAVE BEEN SO FAR THIS YEAR AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS x09x09 IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO x09x09 3-5 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 8 MPH BY NOON. SOUTHWEST x09x09 4-7 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. CWR.................20 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 90 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH DECREASING TO SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH. CWR.................30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN x09x09 SHOWERS BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE x09x09 LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO x09x09 4-7 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 10 MPH BY NOON. x09x09 SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE x09x09 AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOW 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS 8-10 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOW 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 1-3 MPH. .SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 1-4 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...SPILDE/OTTENWELLER REQUESTED BY...RON MCEWEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130326.GARNE.01/MFR