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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEN YOUNG UNIT 7...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1220 AM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY A FRONT MOVING
INLAND TODAY...LIKELY BRINGING A WETTING RAIN ALONG WITH A COOLER AIR
MASS. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS ARE MUCH LESS FAVORABLE FOR
THUNDER, SO HAVE REMOVED THEM FROM TODAY'S FORECAST. SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OVER THE AREA. SHOWERS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND THERE IS A VERY SLIM CHANCE FOR A
THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. IT WILL REMAIN
COOL ON FRIDAY WITH WETTING RAIN STILL POSSIBLE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........58-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    2-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST
                    5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    IN THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-5500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM/SPILDE
REQUESTED BY...MITCH WILSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130516.BENYO.01/MFR