SPOT FORECAST FOR ONION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
329 PM PDT MON SEP 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1450 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CUMULUS BUILD UPS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT CONDITIONS ARE NOT UNSTABLE ENOUGH
FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO DEVELOP. THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL SHIFT
WEST OF THE BURN AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING
OFFSHORE FLOW WITH POOR RECOVERIES EXPECTED. SIMILAR WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY.

THE NEXT THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS MAY COME WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH A BETTER CHANCE  FOR STORMS
THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 WITH A FEW GUST TO 7 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL...LOWERING TO 4500 FT AGL EARLY
                    EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-11 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH EARLY...THEN EAST TO
                    NORTHEAST 2-4 MPH LATE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5-8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 2-4 MPH...THEN SHIFTING NORTHEAST
                    3-5 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO NORTHEAST 1-2 MPH EARLY BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9000-9500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 6-10 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    2-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4-6 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN EAST TO
                    SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.