FNUS76 KMFR 242257

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Spot Forecast for South 62 Phase 2 Day 2...NPS

National Weather Service MEDFORD OR

357 PM PDT Fri Oct 24 2025



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on October 25. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...A strong front will approach the area and move through

on Saturday. This will bring strong, gusty winds and a mix of rain 

and snow.  Snow levels will lower to around 5000 ft on late Saturday into

Saturday evening, then down to 4000 ft on Sunday.  In addition to rain

and snow, there is a 10% chance for thunderstorms on Saturday. These 

storms may be strong and could bring damaging winds (5% chance) of 

around 60 mph. Snow is expected Saturday night into Sunday and winds

will trend lower. 



.SATURDAY...



Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain showers through the day. 

                    Snow showers in the afternoon. Rainfall around 

                    1 inch. Snowfall accumulation 1 inch or less. 

Max temperature.....Around 40. 

Min humidity........85-90 percent. 

Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to around 

                    25 mph. 

Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 

                    around 40 mph. 

Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southwest 25-35 mph. 

CWR.................99 percent. 



.SATURDAY NIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Snow showers. Snowfall accumulation 

                    around 5-7 inches.

Min temperature.....Around 28. 

Max humidity........95-100 percent. 

Eye level winds.....Southwest to west winds 8 to 10 mph with gusts  

                    to around 20 mph, lowering to southwest to west 

                    5 to 8 mph with gusts to 12 mph 

                    late in the evening and overnight. 

Wind (20 ft)........Southwest to west winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts  

                    to around 35 mph, lowering to southwest to west

                    10 to 15 mph with gusts to 22 mph 

                    late in the evening and overnight.  

Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....West around 25-30 mph, lowering to 15-20 mph. 

CWR.................92 percent. 



.SUNDAY...



Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Snow showers through 

                    the day. Rain showers in the afternoon. 

                    Snow fall accumulation around 3 inches. 

Max temperature.....Around 36. 

Min humidity........90 percent. 

Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 3 to 6 mph with gusts to 

                    around 15 mph. 

Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 12 mph with gusts to  

                    around 25 mph. 

Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph. 

CWR.................95 percent. 



$$

Forecaster...CLARSTROM

Requested by...Scott Wickham

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2524459.0/MFR

.DELDT 10/24/25

.FormatterVersion 2.0.0

.EMAIL scott_wickham@nps.gov,aaron_roggenkamp@nps.gov,phillip_heitzke@nps.gov