Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
140
FNUS76 KMFR 150418
FWSMFR
Spot Forecast for Sycan fire...Oregon department of forestry
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
918 PM PDT Mon Sep 14 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on September 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Pretty quiet weather will continue Tuesday morning and
afternoon. An upper level disturbance will bring a 10% chance of
showers or perhaps a thunderstorm Tuesday evening. Overnight
temperatures will remain cold over the fire with good overnight
recoveries. The cooler showery pattern will continue through
Thursday.
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny becoming partly cloudy in the
evening.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....69-71.
Min humidity........18-23 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light and variable winds becoming southwest
around 2 mph late in the morning, then
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable winds becoming southwest
5 to 6 mph late in the morning, then
shifting to the west around 8 mph late in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 8 mph shifting to the west around 9
mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 10 percent late in the
afternoon.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR PC MCR PC PC MCR MCR PC MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............36 35 42 48 59 63 66 68 70 70 70 68
RH..............63 60 51 40 34 28 25 22 20 20 21 23
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 8
20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
Eye lvl wnd spd.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 2.0 2.0 2.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2
Transp wind dir.S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W
Transp wind spd.6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 12 12 12 9
.TUESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. 10% Chance of rain
showers or a thunderstorm late in the
evening.
Chance of lightning.7 percent.
Min temperature.....34-38.
Max humidity........92-99 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds around 3 mph shifting to the north
up to 3 mph early in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 8 mph shifting to the north 6
to 9 mph early in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 9 mph shifting to the northeast 10
to 13 mph early in the evening.
CWR.................12 percent decreasing to 0 percent early in the
morning.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of ltng (%).7 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............67 63 56 53 50 48 45 43 42 40 38 38
RH..............26 33 44 54 62 68 81 86 91 95 99 100
20 FT wind dir..W W N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.13 13 14 14 14 10 10 10 12 12 12 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W N N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...8.2 8.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 9 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 13
$$
Forecaster...SMITH
Requested by...Nick Cardillo
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621890.0/MFR
.DELDT 09/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nick.b.cardillo@odf.oregon.gov