The Red Rock fire in the Marble Mountain Wilderness portion of the Klamath National Forest was started by humans on 8/21/09 around 7 PM PDT. As of 09/01/09, it was at 1382 acres and was 85 percent contained.
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The Red Rock fire in the Marble Mountain Wilderness portion of the Klamath National Forest was started by humans on 8/21/09 around 7 PM PDT. As of 09/01/09, it was at 1382 acres and was 85 percent contained. Fire fighting efforts were transferred to a local unit on 09/01/09, and full containment is estimated to occur on 9/5/9. As of 09/01/09, the cost of the fire was 3.7 million dollars.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 21, 1:31 PM PST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
231 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2009
.SYNOPSIS...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SPINNING OVER THE GULF OF
ALASKA WILL EJECT A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES TOWARD THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS
WILL KEEP US UNDER AN OVERALL WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW. MOST OF THE
DISTURBANCES WILL PASS BY THE CWA TO THE NORTH OR OFF TO THE EAST.
WITHOUT ANY SORT OF TRIGGERING MECHANISM AND THE BEST MOISTURE
REMAINING OFF TO OUR SOUTHEAST...ANY POSSIBILITY OF PRECIPITATION
LOOKS TO REMAIN LOW AT THIS POINT. AFTER SOME RECORD HIGHS EARLIER
THIS WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRIMMED BACK CLOSER TO SEASONAL
VALUES BY THE WEEKEND.
&&
.EVENING DISCUSSION...OFFSHORE FLOW IS INCREASING AS THERMAL TROUGH
DEEPENS ALONG THE COAST. COASTAL STRATUS CLEARING IN THE EXPANSION
FAN DOWN WIND OF BLANCO IS HELPING CONFIDENCE IN THE GALE WARNING IN
THAT AREA. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AND WILL NOT UPDATE AT
THIS TIME.
.SHORT TERM...THE MARINE STRATUS PUSHED THROUGH COOS COUNTY AND
WELL INTO WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY THIS MORNING BEFORE BURNING OFF
DURING THE MIDDAY. ALL OF THE CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER THE CWA
THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT FOR PATCHY STRATUS OVER THE OUTER COASTAL
WATERS. THE STRATUS CLOUDS WILL RETURN TONIGHT ALONG THE COAST
AND SPILL INTO WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...ALTHOUGH NOT AS FAR EAST
AS THEY DID EARLIER THIS MORNING WITH A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW
PRESENT. ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...A SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE
IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW FROM CALIFORNIA INTO IDAHO. THIS
DISTURBANCE APPEARS TO PASS BY FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE CWA THAT WE
REDUCED POPS ON THE EAST SIDE AND REMOVED ANY MENTION OF
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. THE MOISTURE IS NEVER DRAWN FAR ENOUGH WEST
AND THE AREA APPEARS TO REMAIN TOO STABLE. A SIMILAR SITUATION
OCCURS ON SUNDAY...AND WE HAVE AGAIN REDUCED POPS AND REMOVED ANY
MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS. A WEAK RIDGE BUILDS IN FOR MONDAY AND WE
WARMED TEMPERATURES A BIT COMPARED TO HIGHS SUNDAY...BUT STILL
CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
.LONG TERM...SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES TUESDAY ACROSS THE CWA AS A
TROUGH MOVES INTO WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA...KEEPING ITS
EFFECTS OFF TO OUR NORTH. THE PAST TWO RUNS OF THE ECMWF HAVE
AGAIN STARTED TO DIVERGE FROM THE GFS FROM WEDNESDAY ON. THE ECMWF
BEGINS TO BUILD A STRONG RIDGE WEDNESDAY OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST INTO THE NORTHWEST AND LASTING INTO FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...THE
GFS MAINTAINS ITS PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH ROTATING SHORT
WAVES. THE CURRENT ENSEMBLES SUPPORT THE ECMWF AND THIS FORECAST
PACKAGE TRENDS TOWARD THAT WITH A DRY AND WARM SOLUTION.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING WILL
BECOME MVFR FOR CIGS LATER TONIGHT AS THE MARINE STRATUS RETURNS.
SOME OF THE CLOUDS WILL SPILL INTO THE UMPQUA BASIN WITH LOCAL
MVFR CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE
FOR TONIGHT.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ350-PZZ356-PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON
TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ350-PZZ356-PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
FOR
PZZ376.
GALE WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR
PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY
FOR PZZ376.
MWThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Red Rock fire in the Marble Mountain Wilderness portion of the Klamath National Forest was started by humans on 8/21/09 around 7 PM PDT.
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