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FNUS76 KMFR 250344
FWSMFR

Spot Forecast for Kirk Fire...USFS
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
844 PM PDT Tue Jun 24 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on June 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A weak trough will move in Wednesday with an increase
in breezy afternoon northwest winds and slight cooling. Little
change is expected on Thursday. High pressure builds to end the
week. Temperatures are expected to trend hotter with drier
humidities into the weekend. Slight chances of afternoon and
evening thunderstorms may be in the forecast early next week.


.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....74 to 77 degrees.
Min humidity........26 to 30 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest at 2 to 4 mph in the morning
                    becoming west 4 to 6 mph with afternoon
gusts up to 12 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest at 5 to 8 mph in the morning
                    becoming west 10 to 12 mph with afternoon
gusts up to 24 mph.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West at 5 to 8 mph becoming west at
14 to 16 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  49  54  62  66  68  70  72  74  75  72
RH..............86  70  58  45  36  31  27  26  26  26  29
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   6   6   6   8   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.6   5   5   5   10  10  10  15  20  24  23
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   2   2   2   4   5   7   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.2   2   2   2   4   4   4   5   8   10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 7.2 7.2 7.2 5.7
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   8   8   8   13  13  13  15  15  15  15

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....40 to 44 degrees.
Max humidity........84 to 88 percent.
Eye level winds.....West at 3 to 4 mph with evening gusts up to
10 mph becoming southwest at 1 to 3 mph
early Thursday morning.
Wind (20 ft)........West at 10 to 12 mph with evening gusts up to
22 mph becoming southwest at 2 to 4 mph
early Thursday morning.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West at 12 to 14 mph becoming west at 5 to 7
mph early Thursday morning.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  68  65  57  53  50  48  46  45  45  43  42
RH..............31  35  44  55  64  73  81  82  84  84  86  88
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..12  9   6   6   6   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.20  16  10  8   8   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 5.7 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  15  10  10  10  7   7   7   6   6   6   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....75 to 78 degrees.
Min humidity........30 to 33 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 1 to 3 mph becoming west at
4 to 6 mph with afternoon gusts up to
10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 3 to 5 mph becoming west at
11 to 13 mph with afternoon gusts up to
20 mph.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West at 3 to 5 mph becoming west at
10 to 12 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............38  43  48  54  60  65  68  70  72  74  75  77
RH..............93  84  74  62  49  42  39  37  36  34  33  30
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   4   4   4   6   8   10  12
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   10  12  15  18
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   4   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   4   4   6   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.3   3   5   5   5   8   8   8   12  12  12  14

$$
Forecaster...DALDRUP
Requested by...Alex Plascencia
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2516626.0/MFR
.DELDT 06/25/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL shane.foster2@usda.gov,alexander.plascencia@usda.gov