Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
161 FNUS76 KMFR 260310 FWSMFR Spot Forecast for Upper Applegate 3900...ODF Medford National Weather Service MEDFORD OR 810 PM PDT Tue Jun 25 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 PDT on June 25. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...By 9pm, wind speeds will start to decrease, and will remain relatively light (<4mph) through the overnight period. Directionally speaking, some wind direction variability is expected overnight, but a general northwest/north wind can be expected. By midnight, forecast RH values should be on their way above 40%, with overnight recoveries maxing out around 65-70 percent tonight/Wednesday morning. Overnight, a very dry and stable layer is expected aloft (above the fire), and not expecting very good mixing overnight. This stable airmass aloft may not start mixing until about 11am tomorrow (Wednesday). Expecting breezy/gusty winds from the northwest tomorrow ahead of this next system. Wind speeds could be about 2-3 mph stronger tomorrow afternoon for sustained and gusts compared to today. Peak wind is expected between 2pm and 8pm tomorrow. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly sunny (50-60 percent). Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........29 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northwest up to 5 mph in the afternoon gusts around 15 mph Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 7 to 12 mph in the afternoon gusts around 20 mph. Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West around 10 mph. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Min temperature.....Around 49. Max humidity........82 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 4 mph with gusts to around 7 mph in the evening becoming light. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to around 18 mph in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........31 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming north up to 3 mph in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 7 mph. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. $$ Forecaster...GUERRERO Requested by...Mariah Collins Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416496.6/MFR .DELDT 06/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dispatch.medford1@odf.oregon.gov