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Spot Forecast for Devils Knob Fire...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
606 PM PDT Sun Sep 29 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on September 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...Breezy northeast winds and moderate recoveries
through Tuesday morning...

.DISCUSSION...Warm and dry conditions are expected
through Tuesday with breezy to gusty northeast winds.
A thermal trough along the southern Oregon  coast will
result in moderate breezes, dry daytime humidities  and
moderate overnight recoveries today and Tuesday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........55 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 2 to 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 2 to 3 mph overnight. Gusts to
                    6-11 mph before sunset. Strongest winds will
                    be over upper ridge.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 4 to 7 mph overnight. Gusts
                    to 12-20 mph before sunset.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 14 mph shifting to the northeast
                    6 to 8 mph overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.


TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR 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............56  53  50  48  48  47  47  46  46  45  45  46
RH..............33  39  43  49  53  54  53  52  52  50  47  45
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.16  13  10  10  10  7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   7   5   5   5   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.14  14  13  13  13  8   8   8   6   6   6   6

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 2 to 3 mph in the morning
                    becoming variable, then becoming northwest
                    2 to 4 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph in the morning
                    becoming variable, then becoming northwest
                    5 to 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6-8 mph shifting to the north
                    around 8-10 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......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
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............46  48  52  54  58  61  63  66  66  66  67
RH..............38  35  32  27  21  20  16  15  15  17  20
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   3   4   4   4   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.                6   6   6   7   7   8   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   2   2   1   2   2   1   2   2   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.                2   2   2   3   3   3   4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   8   8   8   9

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........29 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 2 to 4 mph shifting to the
                    east 2 to 5 late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    east 5 to 10 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 8 mph shifting to the east 7 to 9
                    mph late in the evening.
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 MCR MCR MCR 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............63  62  59  57  57  58  59  59  58  58  57  57
RH..............26  27  28  28  29  26  23  20  19  18  18  19
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   N   N   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   5   5   8   8   8   10  10  9   6
20 FT wind gust.9   8               10  10  10  11  11  11  8
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  N   N   N   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   2   2   2   3   3   3   5   5   4   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4               4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  N   N   N   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   7

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds 3 to 4 mph in the morning becoming
                    variable, then becoming west 3 to 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph, then becoming variable
                    late in the morning becoming west 6 to 9 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest 3 to
                    9 mph late in the morning.
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............56  56  57  59  63  66  68  70  71  71  71  69
RH..............20  22  22  22  20  19  18  18  18  19  20  23
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   6   6   6   2   3   3   5   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.8   8   7   7   7   5   5   5   8   8   8   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   2   2   2   1   2   2   2   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.        3   3   3   2   3   3   4   4   4   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.7   7   6   6   6   3   3   3   7   7   7   10

$$
Forecaster...CLARSTROM
Requested by...Vincent Martino
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2423117.3/MFR
.DELDT 09/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL vincent.martino@usda.gov