FNUS76 KMFR 240504
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR GLASSUPS UNIT 196...U.S.F.S.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1004 PM PDT TUE APR 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WARM THERMAL TROUGH PATTERN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE
WEATHER AT THE BURN SITE. MIDDLE AND UPPER ELEVATIONS SHOULD SEE GUSTY
EAST WINDS FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE LOWEST
ELEVATIONS...AWAY FROM THE SALMON RIVER VALLEY...SHOULD BE SHELTERED
FROM THE GUSTY EAST WINDS AND INSTEAD SHOULD SEE UPSLOPE WEST OR
NORTHWEST WINDS LIKE YESTERDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL TREND A TOUCH LOWER
THAN YESTERDAY AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM SOME. DOWNSLOPE SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. A SHIFT TO NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY AS THE THERMAL TROUGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE BURN SITE. DRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AT LEAST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........11 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE SOUTHEAST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE
                    EARLY MORNING.
                    MIDDLE AND UPPER ELEVATIONS: BECOMING EAST WINDS
                    6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
                    LOWEST ELEVATIONS: BECOMING UPSLOPE WEST WINDS
                    4 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE SOUTHEAST WIND 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING 500 FT
                    AGL OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 9 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...KEENE
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN FABBRI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130424.GLASS.01/MFR