Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Medford, OR

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Spot Forecast for JC Fair...JC EM
National Weather Service MEDFORD OR
940 AM PDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 PDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Heat exhaustion remains the main weather hazard for this
afternoon and again on Friday. Winds will be gusting around 15
mph near eye level. Smoke will be a concern around the afternoon,
although we expect improvement in the afternoon hours. There is elevated
fire weather concerns on Friday, although for red flag criteria is about
20 percent.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Haze.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 99.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Heat index..........increasing to 94 in the afternoon.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming northwest 3 to 9 mph with
                    gusts to around 14 mph in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (PDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............81  84  87  90  94  96  97  99
RH..............43  37  35  30  26  24  22  20
Heat index (F)..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
Surface wnd spd.3   3   3   4   5   5   6   7
Surface wnd gst.6   6   9   11  11  12  14  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Heat index..........64.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 6 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 15 mph early in the evening becoming
                    light.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............97  94  91  84  81  78  76  74  71  68  66  64
RH..............22  23  26  31  34  37  40  44  47  51  55  56
Heat index (F)..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   E   E   E   SW
Surface wnd spd.7   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   1   1   1   1
Surface wnd gst.14  15  13  9   8   8   8   8   5   5   5   5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 98.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Heat index..........93.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming northwest 4 to 7 mph with
                    gusts to around 16 mph in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

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........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  64  68  73  78  83  87  91  93  96  97  97
RH..............57  57  50  44  39  34  29  25  21  18  17  17
Heat index (F)..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.1   1   3   3   3   8   8   8   11  7   7   8
Surface wnd gst.5   5   6   6   5   10  10  12  14  14  15  16

$$
Forecaster...SMITH
Requested by...Laurel Lewis
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2518170.0/MFR
.DELDT 07/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL lewislc@jacksoncountyor.gov