FNUS76 KMFR 060123 FWSMFR SPOT FORECAST FOR SHIVELY CR FIRE...DOUGLAS FPA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 623 PM PDT SUN MAY 5 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1543 PDT ON MAY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF THE BAY AREA IS SENDING WEAK DISTURBANCES INTO THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE BURN AREA THIS EVENING WITH NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HOWEVER GUSTY AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ON MONDAY...THE LOW TO THE SOUTH WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT INLAND AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO THE AREA. EXPECT A ADDITIONAL ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WET ON MONDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND 10 PM PST. PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47-49. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 0 TO 2 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONGER SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. CWR.................5 PERCENT. LAL.................2. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 4 PH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73-76. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH. CWR.................15 PERCENT. LAL.................2. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...CLARSTROM REQUESTED BY...DFPA DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130505.SHIVE.02/MFR