720
FNUS76 KMFR 020202
FWSMFR
SPOT FORECAST FOR CASTLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
702 PM PDT TUE SEP 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A STRONG FRONT MOVES INLAND WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH
FURTHER SIGNIFICANT COOLING, A WETTING RAIN, AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. A SHOWERY PATTERN WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL WETTING RAIN LIKELY ON BOTH DAYS.
WARMER, BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT
SHOWER CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY NIGHT.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY IN THE
MORNING, MAINLY AFTER 10 AM,
THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN OF
AROUND 0.60 INCHES.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 2 TO 3 MPH
IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 21 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
TIME (PDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY COVER.......CLOUDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV..... LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............100 100 100 100
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 10 10
TEMP............49 51 52 54
RH..............92 88 90 86
20 FT WIND......S 4G6 S 6G10 S 6G10 S 5G7
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 1G2 S 2G4 S 2G4 S 2G3
MIX HGT (FT)....600 2600 2500 2200
TRANSPORT WIND..S 12 S 18 S 21 SW 17
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING,
THEN RAIN OVERNIGHT. RAIN OF AROUND 0.35 INCHES.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 2 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
TIME (PDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
SKY COVER.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RAIN RAIN RAIN
TSTM COV........S CHC
CWR.............100 100 100 100
CHC OF LTNG (%).20 10 10 10
TEMP............54 53 52 48
RH..............87 88 92 96
20 FT WIND......SW 5G7 S 6G8 SW 6G8 SW 5G7
EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 2G3 S 2G3 SW 2G3 SW 2G3
MIX HGT (FT)....1700 1100 800 900
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 12 SW 10 SW 10 SW 6
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY, AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN OF AROUND 0.20 INCHES.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO 3 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
TIME (PDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV..... LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........ S CHC S CHC
CWR.............80 60 60 70
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 10 20 20
TEMP............46 48 53 56
RH..............96 95 80 68
20 FT WIND......S 4G6 S 5G7 S 7G11 SW 6G8
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 1G2 S 2G3 S 3G4 SW 2G3
MIX HGT (FT)....700 3100 5300 3100
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 7 SW 8 SW 13 SW 13
FORECASTER...WEYGAND
REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER POWERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621047.1/MFR
.DELDT 09/02/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JENNIFER.POWERS@USDA.GOV
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