058 FXUS 7KMFAA00 KMFR 241123 Fire Weather Forecast Fire Weather Office Medford, Oregon 7 am PST Fri Sep 24 1999...Platt Discussion...Surface high pressure will continue to build from west to east across the district today continuing the dry weather and above normal temperatures. A weak cold front will move into central and northern Oregon late today into early Saturday. No precipitation is expected with the passage of this front as moisture remains limited. ********* Key to Specific Site Numerical Forecasts *********** Station MAX/MIN Temp / MAX/MIN RH / Probability of Precip ********* Key to the Use of Terms of Uncertainty *********** Probability Expression of Certainty Areal Expression 0% No Expression 10% Slight Chance Isolated 20% Slight Chance Widely Scattered 30, 40, 50% Chance Scattered 60, 70% Likely Numerous 80, 90 or 100% No terms of uncertainty **************************************************************** Area 1... Coast... Zones 615 618 Today Weather........Mostly cloudy with patchy fog along the coast this morning...becoming mostly sunny this afternoon. Temperatures...Highs near 70 coast and 75-85 inland areas. Humidities.....Lowest near 50% coast and 25-35% inland areas. Surface Wind...North 5 to 10 mph coast increasing to 10 to 20 mph. Light and variable inland becoming north to 10 mph. LAL............1 Haines (mid elev)...4 ------ North Bend 68/ 51/ 0 Tonight Weather........Mostly clear with areas of fog late. Temperatures...Lows near 50 coast and 45-50 inland areas. Humidities.....Recovery to near 100% coast and 35-50% inland areas. Surface Wind...Winds north to 10 mph coast light and variable inland. LAL............1 ------ North Bend 49/ 96/ 0 Saturday Weather........Mostly sunny except for patchy low clouds coast. Temperatures...Highs near 70 coast and near 80 inland areas. Humidities.....Lowest near 50% coast and 25-35% inland areas. Surface Wind...North 5 to 10 mph coast increasing to 10 to 20 mph. Light and variable inland becoming north to 10 mph. LAL............1 Haines (mid elev)...4 ------ North Bend 70/ 49/ 0 **************************************************************** Area 2... Umpqua Basin... Zones 616 617 Today Weather........Mostly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny by afternoon. Temperatures...Highs 75-80 valleys and 65-75 ridges. Humidities.....Lowest 30-45% valleys and 25-40% ridges. Surface Wind...North to 10 mph early increasing to 15 mph this afternoon. LAL............1 Haines (high elev)..4 ------ Signal Tree 66/ 40/ 0 Grandad 75/ 25/ 0 Tonight Weather........Mostly clear. Temperatures...Lows near 50 valleys and 45-55 ridges. Humidities.....Recovery to 75-85% valleys and 60-75% ridges. Surface Wind...Evening north winds to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph late. LAL............1 ------ Signal Tree 52/ 61/ 0 Grandad 48/ 75/ 0 Saturday Weather........Sunny. Temperatures...Highs 74-80 valleys and 70-82 ridges. Humidities.....Lowest 20-40% valleys and 20-35% ridges. Surface Wind...Northwest 5 to 10 mph. LAL............1 Haines (high elev)..4 ------ Signal Tree 71/ 35/ 0 Grandad 80/ 20/ 0 **************************************************************** Area 3... Southwest Interior... Zones 619 620 621 622 623 Today Weather........Partly cloudy becoming mostly sunny by afternoon. Temperatures...Highs 75-85 valleys and 65-75 ridges. Humidities.....Lowest near 35% valleys and near 25% ridges. Surface Wind...Light and variable early becoming northwest 5 to 15 mph. LAL............1 Haines (high elev)..4 ------ Medford 83/ 35/ 0 Onion Mtn 69/ 32/ 0 Squaw Pk 68/ 33/ 0 Tonight Weather........Mostly clear. Temperatures...Lows 45-50 valleys and 45-55 ridges. Humidities.....Recovery to 75-85% valleys and 50-65% ridges. Surface Wind...Northwest 5 to 15 mph becoming light and variable late. LAL............1 ------ Medford 49/ 86/ 0 Onion Mtn 47/ 63/ 0 Squaw Pk 52/ 50/ 0 Saturday Weather........Mostly sunny. Temperatures...Highs 85-90 valleys and 65-75 ridges. Humidities.....Lowest near 20% valleys and near 30% ridges. Surface Wind...Light and variable early becoming 5 to 15 mph afternoon. LAL............1 Haines (high elev)..4 ------ Medford 84/ 18/ 0 Onion Mtn 71/ 27/ 0 Squaw Pk 70/ 29/ 0 **************************************************************** Area 4... Eastside... Zones 624 625 Today Weather........Mostly sunny. Temperatures...Highs 75-80 valleys and 65-75 ridges. Humidities.....Lowest near 25% valleys and 20-30% ridges. Surface Wind...Light and variable becoming north 10 to 15 mph this afternon. LAL............1 Haines (high elev)..4 ------ Calmus 72/ 25/ 0 Strawberry 73/ 21/ 0 Gerber 79/ 20/ 0 Tonight Weather........Mostly clear. Temperatures...Lows 40-50 valleys and near 40 ridges. Humidities.....Recovery to 50-65% valleys and 40-55% ridges. Surface Wind...North 10 to 15 mph this evening becoming light and variable. LAL............1 ------ Calmus 48/ 55/ 0 Strawberry 44/ 64/ 0 Gerber 45/ 52/ 0 Saturday Weather........Mostly sunny. Temperatures...Highs near 80 valleys and near 70 ridges. Humidities.....Lowest 20-30% valleys and near 15% ridges. Surface Wind...Light and variable becoming northwest to 10 mph. LAL............1 Haines (high elev)..4 ------ Calmus 72/ 15/ 0 Strawberry 75/ 15/ 0 Gerber 83/ 12/ 0 **************************************************************** Outlook for Sunday through Tuesday A ridge of high pressure will begin to strengthen over the Pacific Northwest Sunday keeping the storm track well to the north. Temperatures will remain above normal Sunday and Monday with a slight cooling trend expected Tuesday. Zones 615-623... Sunday...Mostly sunny except local morning fog or low clouds on the coast. Lows 45 to 50. Highs at the coast 60 to 65. Highs inland in the lower 80s. Monday and tuesday...Partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 50. Highs at the coast 60 to 65. Highs inland in the mid 70s south. Zones 624-625... Sunday...Breezy and cool. Lows in the lower 30s to the mid 40s. Highs from the upper 60s to around 70. Monday...Breezy and cool. Lows in the lower 30s to near 40. Highs in the mid 60s to around 70. Tuesday...Continued cool and breezy. Lows near 30 mountains to near 40 elsewhere. Highs in the middle 50s higher elevations to the middle 60s elsewhere. $$