FNUS76 KMFR 030744
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR VALLEY COMPLEX...CA_MDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1244 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0014 PDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TODAY THEN WILL COOL
SLIGHTLY THURSDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING THEN EXPECT SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES INTO THURSDAY AS MOISTURE
REMAINS OVER THE REGION...THEN EXPECT THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
TO DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY TODAY AND THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH THROUGH MID
                     MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 4 MPH
                     IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH EARLY
                     MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE
                     MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                     LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                     NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH-NORTHWEST 3 TO 4 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                     BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
                     GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST
                    2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST
                    4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CLARSTROM
REQUESTED BY...DIANNE HAYES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130703.VALLE.01/MFR