FNUS76 KMFR 150227
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEN HORSE CULTURAL BURN - WESTBRANCH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
644 PM PDT TUE MAY 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 PDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE COAST BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THEN WILL MOVE INLAND WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL
BRING MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY. SO EXPECT NORTHWEST
WINDS TO DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON INSTEAD OF THE SOUTHERLY UP
VALLEY FLO. A STRONGER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INLAND THURSDAY
AND WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE BURN AREA.  THESE SHOWERS WILL BE
MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE BUT WETTING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
BURN AREA.  A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS 1-4 MPH...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE
                    MID AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE 0-2 MPH LATE IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE MID AND LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...CURT LINDSTRAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130514.BENHO.01/MFR