The Dutch fire broke out in the Klamath National Forest at 1620 PST on the afternoon of 07/31/10.
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The Dutch fire broke out in the Klamath National Forest at 1620 PST on the afternoon of 07/31/10.
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 Jul 31, 7:58 PM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
858 PM PDT SAT JUL 31 2010
.EVENING DISCUSSION...INLAND AREAS ARE CLEARING THIS EVENING AS
SURFACE HEATING DROPS AND STABLE MARINE LAYER LINGERS OVER THE
REGION. WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS ON OUR SOUTHERN COAST WITH LOW
CLOUDS RETURNING TO THE UMPQUA BASIN BY THE MORNING. CURRENT
FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AND WILL NOT UPDATE THIS EVENING.
.DISCUSSION...
NEAR-TERM...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THE MARINE LAYER
IS STILL INTACT OVER THE MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. MARINE
STRATUS HAS FINALLY CLEARED AT ROSEBURG AND RATHER BENIGN CUMULUS
CLOUDS HAVE FORMED OVER KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES. THE MARINE
LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR BACK TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. ON THE EAST SIDE...PRECIPITABLE WATER IS DOWN TO
AROUND 0.5 INCHES SO CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL LIKELY NOT GROW TO
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...AND WILL DISSIPATE BY TONIGHT.
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ONSHORE GRADIENTS ARE A BIT WEAKER TODAY
THAN YESTERDAY...BUT THE MARINE LAYER IS DEEPER. SO THE FORECAST
STILL CALLS FOR LOW CLOUDS TO MOVE INLAND AGAIN THIS
EVENING...REACHING ROSEBURG AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERHAPS GETTING AS
FAR INLAND AS THE APPLEGATE VALLEY. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT STRATUS WILL
MAKE IT AS FAR INLAND AS MEDFORD. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE
COOLER THAN LAST NIGHT AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH LOW 50S ON THE WEST
SIDE AND MID 40S ON THE EAST SIDE. SUNDAY WILL FEATURE SIMILAR
WEATHER AS TODAY WITH A REINFORCING SHORTWAVE TROUGH MAINTAINING
RELATIVELY LOW H5 HEIGHTS AND PERSISTENT H8 TEMPERATURES.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A BROAD AREA OF TROUGHING REMAINS OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEK. MONDAY TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
BUMP BACK UP TOWARDS NORMAL FOR THE FORECAST AREA. NAEFS GUIDANCE
SUGGEST SOME VARIANCE IN WHERE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS PLACE THE UPPER
TROUGH AXIS BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...SO CONFIDENCE IN TEMPERATURES
IS NOT THAT HIGH FOR MIDWEEK. WHAT IS FAIRLY CERTAIN IS THAT NO
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL PREVENT ANY
SUBSTANTIAL FEED OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH SETTING UP. THE
TEMPERATURE FORECAST IS BELOW MEX GUIDANCE AS RECENT MODEL TRENDS
MAINTAIN THE TROUGH AXIS FURTHER WEST WITH REINFORCING SHORTWAVE
TROUGHS RIDING THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE TROUGH.
&&
.AVIATION...COASTAL TERMINALS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO WILL HAVE MVFR
CEILINGS THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THE LOW CLOUDS WILL REACH THE UMPQUA
BASIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH CLEARING AROUND NOON. TERMINALS SOUTH OF
CAPE BLANCO LIKE BROOKINGS WILL LIKELY BECOME MVFR OR IFR LATE
TONIGHT. OTHER INLAND LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH TOMORROW.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM
PDT MONDAY FOR
PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 3 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 3 PM PDT TUESDAY
FOR PZZ376.
SK/SVENThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dutch Fire started at 1620 PDT on 07/31/10, and the cause is under investigation. It was contained at 1800 PDT on 08/04/10 at 371 acres. 2.2 million dollars was expended on fire fighting efforts.
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