FNUS76 KMFR 041901 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR APPLE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1201 PM PDT SAT MAY 4 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1142 PDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME BUILDUPS ARE POSSIBLE BUT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE WILDFIRE TODAY. OVERNIGHT EAST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE BUT SHOULD BE LESS THAN THE AFTERNOON. TOMORROW THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT THE WILDFIRE LOCATION...WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE AROUND ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TOMORROW...AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO FORM AFTER 2PM TOMORROW AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 30 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...KEENE REQUESTED BY...IAN MILLS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130504.APPLE.01/MFR