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Spot Forecast for Castle...USFS
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
524 AM PDT Mon Aug 31 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 31.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Winds will be light over the spot location
over the next few days with light easterly drainage winds. Recoveries
will be good with a 20% chance of rain showers Tuesday afternoon.
The heavier rain will arrive Wednesday afternoon and evening.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....89-91.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west 1 to 3 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 3 to 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 3 mph shifting to the south 5
                    to 12 mph early in the morning, then shifting
                    to the northwest around 8 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     CLEAR     CLEAR     MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............54        67        86        91
RH..............45        32        19        15
20 FT wind......E 3G6     SW 1G4    SW 5G7    W 5G8
Eye level wind..E 1G2     SW 0G2    SW 2G3    W 2G3
Mix hgt (ft)....400       2300      6600      7300
Transport wind..SE 3      S 5       S 10      SW 12

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming
                    mostly cloudy.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....55-52.
Max humidity........84-95 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 2 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    east around 3 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 0 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    early in the morning.
CWR.................4 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    MCLDY     MCLDY     PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............84        70        63        57
RH..............27        47        57        69
20 FT wind......NW 6G8    W 3G6     E 3G5     E 3G5
Eye level wind..NW 2G3    W 1G2     N 0G2     N 0G2
Mix hgt (ft)....4400      1200      300       400
Transport wind..NW 8      NW 8      NW 3      N 0

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming
                    mostly cloudy. 30% chance of rain
                    showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of lightning.9 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west around 2 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 2 to 4 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 9 mph.
CWR.................10 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY     PCLDY     MCLDY     CLOUDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         10
Temp............53        59        70        74
RH..............81        73        56        42
20 FT wind......NW 1G4    W 1G4     W 3G6     W 4G8
Eye level wind..NW 0G2    W 0G2     W 1G2     W 2G3
Mix hgt (ft)....400       2400      5000      4900
Transport wind..SW 3      SW 6      SW 8      SW 9

$$
Forecaster...SMITH
Requested by...Jennifer Powers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620060.8/MFR
.DELDT 08/31/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jennifer.powers@usda.gov