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Spot Forecast for Horseshoe Bend...SWO ODF Grants Pass
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
844 PM PDT Wed Jul 17 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 PDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Warm and dry weather is expected Thursday and Friday.
Humidities are expected to be low each day, with typical afternoon
breezes.  A strong inversion will be in place  until about 10am, but a
secondary inversion noted around 3000 feet won`t mix out until around
2pm in the afternoon.  Similar conditions are expected on Friday.

An upper low will move towards the  area Saturday and will brin a 10-15%
chance for thunderstorms over the area Saturday evening and night.


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northwest around 3 mph
                    with gusts to 5 mph in the mid to late afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 3 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming northwest 6 to 7
                    mph with gusts to 11 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 9 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............58  60  64  69  76  81  85  87  88  89  89  89
RH..............67  61  57  47  40  34  33  29  28  27  30  34
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   2   2   2   2   2   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   8   8   8   11
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   4
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.8 3.8 3.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 4.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.3   3   6   6   6   3   3   3   8   8   8   9


.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........62 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 3 mph in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusts to 5 mph early in
                    the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 6 to 7 mph in the evening, then
                    becoming light late in the evening.
                    Gusts to 11 mph early in the evening.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 10 mph shifting to the north
                    overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............87  84  80  73  70  68  66  65  63  61  59  59
RH..............36  42  48  53  54  53  53  55  57  59  61  61
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   7   6   6   6   4   4   4   2   2   2   1
20 FT wind gust.11  11  8   8   8   6   6   6   5   5   5   2
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   0
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   1
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 4.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  10  10  7   7   7   5   5   5   5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming north around 2 mph late in
                    the afternoon. Gusts to 4 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon.  Gusts to 10 mph late in the
                    afternooon.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............60  62  65  70  76  81  85  87  89  90  90  89
RH..............60  58  54  47  39  32  28  26  25  26  29  33
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   3   3   4   5
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   2   2   4   4   4   6   6   6   10
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   4
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.0 4.6 4.6 4.6 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.5   5   7   7   7   6   6   6   8   8   8   10

$$
Forecaster...CLARSTROM
Requested by...Curt Snow
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2418316.3/MFR
.DELDT 07/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Curtis.j.snow@odf.oregon.gov