FNUS76 KMFR 280449
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR LABRADOR FIRE...OR IMT #2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
949 PM PDT SAT JUL 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2012 PDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH WILL OCCUR UNTIL 8 PM FOR
WESTSIDE OREGON VALLEYS BEHIND A DRY COLD FRONT. CLOSER TO THIS
FRONT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SISKIYOU AND
MODOC COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SUNDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO
SATURDAY EXCEPT WEST OF THE CASCADES THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE
COOLER AND HUMIDITIES A LITTLE HIGHER WITH LESS GUSTY WINDS. A WEAK
MARINE PUSH WILL LEAD TO BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE
UMPQUA BASIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. THIS NEW PATTERN WITH
STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST NEXT WEEK WITH A STABLE AIR MASS
AND NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BUT ALSO
SLIGHTLY STRONGER THAN NORMAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........OVERCAST WITH SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90 BOTTOM AND 85 TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BOTTOM: NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING UP-RIVER
                    2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TOP: NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTH
                    3 TO 6 MPH AROUND MID AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2700-4400 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH BECOMING NORTH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BROKEN SMOKE DECK.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50 BOTTOM AND 57 TOP.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT BOTTOM AND 40 PERCENT TOP.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BOTTOM: BECOMING EAST 1 TO 3 MPH
                    TOP: BECOMING NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING WITH THERMAL BELT MID SLOPE.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 11 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST.

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FORECASTER...NELAIMISCHKIES
REQUESTED BY...FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130727.LABRA.02/MFR