Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
274 FNUS76 KMFR 240753 FWSMFR Spot Forecast for Castle Fire...USFS National Weather Service MEDFORD OR 1253 AM PDT Fri Jul 24 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 PDT on July 25. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Dry weather continues through the spot forecast. Gusty afternoon winds look to bring periods of near-critical fire weather conditions. Winds ease overnight and moderate to good overnight recoveries are expected. Daytime highs cool slightly over the weekend. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....80 to 83 degrees. Min humidity........25 to 28 percent. Eye level winds.....South at 1 to 2 mph becoming west at 2 to 3 mph with afternoon gusts up to 7 mph. Wind (20 ft)........South at 1 to 3 mph becoming west at 7 to 9 mph with afternoon gusts up to 18 mph. Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South at 4 to 6 mph becoming west at 12 to 14 mph. CWR.................0 percent. TIME (PDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............59 62 67 70 73 74 76 79 80 83 RH..............66 57 49 42 40 37 33 29 25 28 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 7 7 7 14 14 14 12 Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW W W W W W W W Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Eye lvl wnd gst.2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.4 1.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.6 6 6 14 14 14 15 15 15 13 .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....52 to 55 degrees. Max humidity........82 to 85 percent. Eye level winds.....West at 2 to 3 mph with evening gusts up to 6 mph becoming east at 1 to 2 mph early Sunday morning. Wind (20 ft)........West at 6 to 8 mph with evening gusts up to 14 mph becoming east at 1 to 3 mph early Sunday morning. Mixing height.......100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West at 10 to 12 mph becoming east at 2 to 4 mph early Sunday morning. CWR.................0 percent. TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............77 75 71 68 64 61 59 57 55 54 53 52 RH..............34 39 47 55 62 68 72 74 76 79 82 82 20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW NW N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 FT wind gust.12 12 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Eye lvl wnd dir.W W NW NW NW N N N N N N N Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W N N N E E E SE Transp wind spd.13 13 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....75 to 78 degrees. Min humidity........30 to 33 percent. Eye level winds.....East at 1 to 2 mph becoming west at 2 to 5 mph. Wind (20 ft)........East at 1 to 3 mph becoming west at 4 to 6 mph with afternoon gusts up to 13 mph. Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast at 3 to 5 mph becoming west at 8 to 10 mph in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............53 54 57 61 66 70 73 75 76 77 77 77 RH..............79 73 66 58 50 43 38 34 32 31 33 35 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N W W W W W W W Eye lvl wnd spd.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Eye lvl wnd gst.1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.6 4.6 4.6 6.7 6.7 6.7 5.7 Transp wind dir.SE SE S S S SW SW SW W W W W Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 $$ Forecaster...DALDRUP Requested by...Assistant Fire Management Officer Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2618107.0/MFR .DELDT 07/24/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL marissa.duarte@usda.gov