FNUS76 KMFR 050444
FWSMFR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALMON RIVER COMPLEX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
944 PM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2052 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE RIDGE EXPANDING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL
LEAD TO CONTINUED WARM AND DRY CONDITION. EXPECT HIGHS TO BE A FEW
DEGREES HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY WITH SIMILAR AFTERNOON HUMIDITY.
SLOPE WIND WILL PREDOMINATE AGAIN WITH BREEZY UPRIVER WIND BY LATE
AFTERNOON. INVERSION IS EXPECTED TO BE QUITE STEEP THIS MORNING
AND COULD BREAK BY LATE MORNING. HOWEVER AS THE RIDGE BUILDS
FURTHER INTO THE AREA..INVERSION MAY START TO BE A FACTOR ON
TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. WIDESPREAD SMOKE.
                    INVERSION SHOULD LIFT BY 1100.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90 TO 95.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 TO 17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SLOPE DRIVEN WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING
                    UPVALLEY 8 TO 10 MPH ALONG THE SALMON RIVER
                    AFTER 1500.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...TURNING TO
                    SOUTHWEST THEN WEST WINDS 8 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    10500 FT AGL BY LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...GRADUALLY
                    TURNING TO WEST AROUND 8 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........WIDESPREAD SMOKE...CLEAR ABOVE SMOKE LAYER.
                    INVERSION BUILDING TO 5000 FT MSL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 TO 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPVALLEY WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH THROUGH LATE IN THE EVENING
                    THEN LIGHT DOWNSLOPE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    BACKING TO EAST AND SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL BY MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 7 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT EAST WINDS.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF SMOKE.
                    INVERSION MAY NOT LIFT UNTIL 1400.
                    INCREASING CUMULUS BUILD-UPS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94 TO 99.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 TO 16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SLOPE DRIVEN 3 TO 5 MPH WITH UPVALLEY WINDS
                    LATE IN THE DAY NEAR THE SALMON RIVER
                    AROUND 10 MPH.
WIND(20 FT).........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 10 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH...THEN WEST-NORTHWEST 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.


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FORECASTER...BUNNAG
REQUESTED BY...BEN NEWBURN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130804.SALMO.01/MFR