FNUS76 KMFR 041358
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCBALDY...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
658 AM PDT THU APR 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY WINDS COME AHEAD OF AND WITH A FRONT THAT
WILL MOVE THROUGH AND BRING WETTING RAIN TO MOST AREAS FROM THE
CASCADES AND MOUNT SHASTA REGION TO THE COAST...AND SOME AREAS
EAST. SHOWERS CONTINUE ON THE WEST SIDE FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT
FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH WITH GUSTY WINDS AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
WET PATTERN CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER...WINDIER AND
WETTER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 35 MPH.
CWR.................86 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS
                    LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH.
CWR.................69 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.
CWR.................56 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...THOMAS SHICKLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130404.MCBAL.01/MFR