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FNUS76 KMFR 120617
FWSMFR

Spot Forecast for Star Hazard 4...USDA/USFS
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
1017 PM PST Tue Feb 11 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PST on February 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Another very cold night is expected tonight with areas
of patchy fog and freezing temperatures into Wednesday morning.
Active weather returns with the next front early Thursday morning.
Initial precipitation will be snow showers, becoming rain showers on
Thursday morning. Snow levels start initially around 1000 ft then rise
to around 3500-4000 ft by Thursday afternoon. Winds will increase
on Thursday morning and may decrease by Thursday afternoon.

Additional rain and mountain snow is likely Thursday night
into Friday. After a break Saturday, the next front arrives Saturday
night into Sunday.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....40 to 43 degrees.
Min humidity........56 to 60 percent.
Eye level winds.....West at 2 to 3 mph becoming northeast at
1 to 3 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West at 3 to 5 mph becoming northeast at
2 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South at 6 to 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy becoming cloudy. Light snow
showers possible early Thursday morning,
becoming mixed snow/rain or rain showers
by 4 AM.
Min temperature.....26 to 29 degrees.
Max humidity........95 to 100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west-southwest at
3 to 5 mph with gusts up to 8 mph on
Thursday morning.
Wind (20 ft)........East at 1 to 3 mph becoming west-southwest
at 7 to 10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph
on Thursday morning.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South at 15 to 18 mph.
CWR.................30 percent.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Mixed rain/snow showers
becoming rain showers.
Max temperature.....47 to 50 degrees.
Min humidity........75 to 80 percent.
Eye level winds.....West-southwest at 2 to 5 mph with gusts up to
8 mph becoming south at 2 to 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest at 8 to 10 mph with gusts up to
14 mph becoming south at 6 to 8 mph with
afternoon gusts up to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South at 14 to 16 mph.
CWR.................75 percent.

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Forecaster...DALDRUP
Requested by...Lloyd Cruz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502824.0/MFR
.DELDT 02/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL lloyd.cruz@usda.gov