Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
652
FNUS76 KMFR 212138
FWSMFR
Spot Forecast for Sixes Prescribed Burn...Northwest American Indian Coalition/Coos Forest
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
238 PM PDT Mon Sep 21 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 PDT on September 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Marine stratus will keep daytime temperatures cool
during the day. Gusty northerly winds will be in place through the
spot period, with wind speeds increasing in the afternoon and
evening. Northerly winds continue into Wednesday, with little
chance of activity through midweek. Rain showers are expected
on Thursday afternoon into late Friday morning, but amounts will
be light. Additionally, there`s a very slight chance of embedded
thunderstorms on early Thursday evening, with those chances
dissipating into the night. Cool temperatures are expected
on Friday and into the weekend.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....51 to 54 degrees.
Max humidity........97 to 100 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North at 12 to 15 mph becoming northwest at
8 to 10 early Wednesday morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North at 15 to 18 mph into early Wednesday
morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....55 to 58 degrees.
Max humidity........97 to 100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest at 3 to 5 mph with morning gusts up
to 8 mph becoming north at 7 to 9 mph with
afternoon gusts up to 14 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest at 8 to 10 mph with morning gusts up
to 16 mph becoming north at 14 to 16 mph with
afternoon gusts up to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North at 12 to 14 mph becoming north at
18 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....50 to 52 degrees.
Max humidity........97 to 100 percent.
Eye level winds.....North at 5 to 8 mph with evening gusts up
to 13 mph becoming northeast at 4 to 6 mph
early Thursday morning.
Wind (20 ft)........North at 13 to 15 mph with evening gusts up
to 22 mph becoming northeast at 7 to 10 mph
early Thursday morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North at 18 to 20 mph becoming northeast at
10 to 12 mph early Thursday morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Max temperature.....53 to 56 degrees.
Min humidity........83 to 86 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 2 mph shifting to the
northwest in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East at 4 to 7 mph becoming southwest at
7 to 10 mph with afternoon gusts up to
15 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast at 8 to 10 mph becoming southwest
at 10 to 12 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent.
$$
Forecaster...DALDRUP
Requested by...Teresa Bird
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622230.1/MFR
.DELDT 09/21/26
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.EMAIL teresa@nwaic.org