Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
789 FNUS76 KMFR 130212 FWSMFR Spot Forecast for Shelly incident branch 10 firing op...CAL FIRE National Weather Service MEDFORD OR 712 PM PDT Fri Jul 12 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 PDT on July 12. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION...SW winds will ease and become downslope/downvalley overnight into the early part of Saturday morning. This will result in strong thermal belts at mid/upper slope levels with very poor RH recovery. Winds become upslope in the mid-late morning, then SW again Saturday afternoon at similar speeds to today. Upper level moisture and instability increase and some cumulus buildups are expected Saturday afternoon/evening, though best chance of lightning is SE of the fire. A slight risk of dry lightning (15% chance) continues Saturday night into Sunday. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear. Areas of smoke. Min temperature.....Around 64. Max humidity........30-35 percent. Eye level winds.....Southwest 1-3 mph in the evening, then calm or downslope/downvalley 0-1 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-7 mph this evening easing to 1-4 mph overnight. Mixing height.......Lowering to 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10-15 mph, easing to 5 mph overnight. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Areas of smoke. Some cumulus build up in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 95. Min humidity........8-13 percent. Eye level winds.....Calm becoming upslope by mid-late morning, then southwest 1-3 mph in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable 1-3 mph becoming southwest 5-9 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL increasing to 12000 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....Southwest 5-10 mph early, then 10-15 mph in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. $$ Forecaster...SPILDE Requested by...Robert wettstein Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2417918.0/MFR .DELDT 07/12/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL robert.wettstein@fire.ca.gov