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Spot Forecast for Castle...USFS
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
924 PM PDT Fri Aug 28 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Recoveries will be good tonight as more moisture moves
into the region. Dry and windy conditions will resume Saturday.
Moderate recoveries are expected in Sunday night into Monday
morning before improving on Monday night. There is a good chance of
precipitation west of the Cascades between Tuesday and Friday next
week as a low pressure system moves into the region.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny becoming sunny.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....73 to 77 degrees.
Min humidity........28 to 32 percent.
Eye level winds.....West at 1 to 2 mph becoming west at
2 to 4 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........West at 2 to 4 mph becoming west at
6 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North at 2 to 4 mph becoming northwest
at 6 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
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............48        54        70        77
RH..............93        79        45        28
20 FT wind......NW 2      W 2       W 3G6     W 4G7
Eye level wind..NW 1      W 1       W 1G2     W 1G3
Mix hgt (ft)....400       2400      4500      5200
Transport wind..N 3       N 5       NW 7      NW 9

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....41 to 44 degrees.
Max humidity........82 to 85 percent.
Eye level winds.....North at 2 to 4 mph becoming south at
1 to 2 mph early Sunday morning.
Wind (20 ft)........North at 7 to 10 mph becoming south at
1 to 3 mph early Sunday morning.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North at 8 to 10 mph becoming east at
2 to 4 mph early Sunday morning.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     MCLEAR    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............73        61        52        44
RH..............35        50        68        85
20 FT wind......NW 6G10   N 5G6     NE 2G6    E 1G4
Eye level wind..NW 2G4    N 2       NE 1G2    E 0G2
Mix hgt (ft)....4700      1300      200       200
Transport wind..N 10      N 9       NE 7      NE 5

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....82 to 86 degrees.
Min humidity........18 to 22 percent.
Eye level winds.....South at 1 to 2 mph becoming west at
2 to 3 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South at 1 to 3 mph becoming west at
4 to 6 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East at 3 to 5 mph becoming northwest
at 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    CLEAR     CLEAR     CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............44        54        77        85
RH..............79        57        23        18
20 FT wind......E 1G2     E 2G4     NW 2G4    NW 2G5
Eye level wind..E 0G1     E 1G2     NW 1G2    NW 1G2
Mix hgt (ft)....400       300       2800      5200
Transport wind..E 5       NE 3      NW 5      NW 6

$$
Forecaster...DALDRUP
Requested by...Jennifer Powers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620060.6/MFR
.DELDT 08/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jennifer.powers@usda.gov