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Issued by NWS Medford, OR

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Spot Forecast for Big Pine CG Piles...USFS
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
1112 AM PST Tue Nov 3 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PST on November 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A strong inversion will develop tonight and remain in place
through Wednesday morning with mixing only in the lowest few
hundred feet. At roughly 10-11 AM mixing is anticipated to start,
with decent mixing for this time of year expected through the
afternoon hours. The inversion will likely redevelop shortly after
sunset on Wednesday with limited mixing again Wednesday night.
Wind speeds will be light and variable overall through the day on
Wednesday. There is a chance for a quick round of isolated rain
showers late in the afternoon/early evening on Wednesday. If this
does occur, it would only be a light amount of rainfall around
0.01" to 0.03" as these isolated showers quickly pass through the
region.


.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 9 mph.
CWR.................4 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Rain likely
                    early in the evening.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph.
CWR.................4 percent.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.

$$
Forecaster...GUERRERO
Requested by...Andrew Gallego
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2625154.0/MFR
.DELDT 11/03/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL andrew.gallego@usda.gov