FNUS76 KMFR 150225
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEN YOUNG UNIT 7...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
725 PM PDT TUE MAY 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE COAST BY THE
AFTERNOON THEN WILL MOVE INLAND DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHT.
THIS MAY BRING LIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS BY THE EVENING. GUSTY WEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON.  GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING THEN DIMINISH. A STRONGER
DISTURBANCE WILL FOLLOW ON THURSDAY WITH  SHOWERS LIKELY AS
WELL AS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 4000-5000 FT AGL AT IGNITION TIME THEN
                    INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST  10-15 MPH AT IGNITION
                    TIME...THEN BECOMING WEST 15-18 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST
                    3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. VARIABLE AND
                    GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO
                    7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5-10 MPH.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...MITCH WILSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130515.BENYO.01/MFR