Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
684 FNUS76 KMFR 180344 FWSMFR 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