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FNUS76 KMFR 260405
FWSMFR

Spot Forecast for Castle...USFS
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
905 PM PDT Tue Aug 25 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A gradual downward trend in temperatures is expected the
next few days along with a corresponding increase in humidity. Winds
should be fairly typical both Wednesday and Thursday with slight
increases during the afternoon/evening. Winds drop off to almost
nothing or downslope overnight/early morning. A barely noticeable
upper trough/front will move through Friday/Friday night which should
keep temps near or slightly below normal values into the weekend. It
could warmup briefly Sunday.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (some high clouds).
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....84 upper elevations to 89 valleys.
Min humidity........16-22 percent.
Eye level winds.....Calm or downslope early, becoming WNW 1-2 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable or E 0-2 mph, becoming W 4-6 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....SE 2-5 mph becoming SW late morning increasing
                    to 6-11 mph after 1200.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY     MCLEAR    MCLEAR    PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............56        64        81        88
RH..............74        60        37        25
20 FT wind......VRB 1G2   W 2G5     W 4G6     W 4G6
Eye level wind..CLM 0G1   W 0G2     W 1G2     W 1G2
Mix hgt (ft)....400       2300      5100      5500
Transport wind..SE 3      SW 5      SW 9      SW 10

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy (high clouds).
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....50 valleys to 55 upper slopes/ridges.
Max humidity........65 percent upper slopes/ridges to around
                    85 percent valleys.
Eye level winds.....WNW 1-2 mph becoming calm or downslope 0-1 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........WNW 2-6 mph becoming variable 0-2 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....W 5-10 mph becoming variable 2-5 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY     MCLDY     PCLDY     PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............84        69        63        57
RH..............32        53        67        78
20 FT wind......W 3G6     W 2G5     SW 1G4    SW 1G4
Eye level wind..W 1G2     W 1G2     SW 0G2    SW 0G2
Mix hgt (ft)....4900      900       200       200
Transport wind..W 8       NW 8      N 3       S 2

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....80 upper elevations to 86 valleys.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Eye level winds.....Calm becoming WNW 1-2 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 0-2 mph becoming WNW 2-6 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Variable 0-2 mph becomiong WSW 5-10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    PCLDY     MCLEAR    MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............54        60        77        84
RH..............86        78        43        30
20 FT wind......N 0G2     N 0G2     W 3G6     W 4G6
Eye level wind..N 0G1     N 0G1     W 1G2     W 1G2
Mix hgt (ft)....400       800       3400      4900
Transport wind..SE 3      SW 3      SW 8      W 10

$$
Forecaster...SPILDE
Requested by...Jennifer Powers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620060.3/MFR
.DELDT 08/26/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jennifer.powers@usda.gov