FNUS76 KMFR 200323
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACIFICA...ODF GRANTS PASS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
823 PM PDT FRI JUL 19 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1957 PDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WARMING TREND WITH VERY HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY THEN SLIGHT COOLING BUT CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL INCLUDE OVERNIGHT EASTERLY WINDS THAT WILL
RESULT IN POOR TO MODERATE RIDGE TOP HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. WEAK
INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY EVENING
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THEN THE MODELS ARE NOT YET
IN AGREEMENT ON THE TIMING OF A DISTURBANCE. IT IS EXPECTED
SOMETIME BETWEEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND WILL LIKELY INITIATE A
PERIOD OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY
MOVE INTO THE BURN AREA.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST WINDS TO 2 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-600 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH BECOMING NORTH AROUND 4 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING NORTH WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH LATE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4200 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 12 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...STEVE WETMORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130719.PACIF.01/MFR