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Spot Forecast for Chandler...OR-LFC
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
454 AM PDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 PDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...The site is just beyond the region of the Red Flag
Warning, with scattered coverage of thunderstorms expected this
afternoon and evening. An isolated thunderstorm is possible, but
the probability of activity will be low through around noon.
Coverage of thunderstorms then increases again this afternoon into
the evening. Breezy southwest winds will be stronger this
afternoon than they were on Thursday, with a shift to northerly
winds during the evening. A stable air mass follows for the rest
of the weekend. Today will be the last day with below normal
temperatures for a long time, with a strong warming trend starting
Saturday.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 2 to 3 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph.
CWR.................5 percent.

TIME (PDT)      5AM
Sky cover.......PC
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............5
Chc of ltng (%).5
Temp............52
RH..............74
20 FT wind dir..SW
20 FT wind spd..3
20 FT wind gust.6
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.1
Eye lvl wnd gst.2
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9
Transp wind dir.SW
Transp wind spd.6

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers in the morning. Rain showers likely in the
                    afternoon. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the
                    morning then a chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of lightning.10 percent increasing to 30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest 1 to 3 mph in the morning, then
                    shifting to the west 3 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest around 5 mph in the morning, then
                    increasing to 8 to 14 mph with gusts to
                    22 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 13 mph shifting to the west 14 to
                    16 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Chc of ltng (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  30  30  30  30
Temp............51  54  56  60  63  64  66  67  68  69  68  69
RH..............82  76  72  65  58  48  45  40  36  34  34  35
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   6   7   9   10  12  13  13
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   7   7   8   11  17  18  20  20  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   2   2   2   2   3   4   4   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.2   2   3   3   3   3   4   6   7   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.9 5.4 5.4 5.4 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 4.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.6   6   10  10  10  13  13  13  16  16  16  14

$$
Forecaster...WEYGAND
Requested by...Zachary Hutchins
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517293.0/MFR
.DELDT 07/04/25
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