The Barry Point wildfire was started by lightning on 08/06/12. It was contained by 08/28/12.
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The Barry Point wildfire was started by lightning on 08/06/12. It was contained by 08/28/12.
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 6, 1:56 PM PST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 256 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...A FEW CUMULUS HAVE BUBBLED UP OVER THE CASCADES NORTH OF CRATER LAKE THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL AS OVER EASTERN LAKE AND MODOC COUNTIES. A LACK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WILL PREVENT THESE CLOUDS FROM BECOMING MORE SUBSTANTIAL. FARTHER WEST...THE MARINE STRATUS PERSISTS ALONG THE COAST AND A FEW REPORTING STATIONS PICKED UP A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF LIGHT RAIN FROM IT TODAY. A PREDOMINATELY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS OVER THE AREA CURRENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A BROAD TROUGH PERSISTS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS WILL KEEP ANY SIGNIFICANT MIDLEVEL MOISTURE AWAY FROM US AND INSTEAD OVER AREAS FARTHER EAST...NEVADA AND SOUTHEASTERN OREGON INTO IDAHO. AS A RESULT...DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WHERE A BIT OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS AND EARLY MORNINGS IN THE MARINE LAYER. INLAND HIGH TEMPS TUESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY...MOSTLY 80S TO MIDDLE 90S IN THE VALLEYS WITH 70S IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A FASTMOVING SHORTWAVE IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL GRAZE THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CWA LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS IT TRACKS FROM 130W TO NORTHWEST OREGON AND WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE. THIS WILL MOSTLY SERVE TO TRIM 850 MB TEMPS A BIT OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...RESULTING IN INLAND HIGH TEMPS A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN TUESDAY. /MAW .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL DURING THIS PERIOD AS THE RIDGE REMAINS IN THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND A WEAK TROUGH CONTINUES IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC. THE RIDGE MAY BUILD BACK FARTHER WEST AGAIN AS WE REACH THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY...AND BOOST 850MB TEMPS OVER THE CWA. THIS WOULD TRANSLATE TO HIGHS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES AGAIN IN THE WARMEST WEST SIDE VALLEYS. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST MOISTURE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL REMAINS WELL OFF TO THE EAST OF THE AREA TOWARD THE GREAT BASIN. /MAW && .AVIATION...THE MARINE LAYER HANGS TOUGH ALONG THE COAST WITH MVFR AND AREAS OF IFR CIGS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE MORE WIDESPREAD IFR CIGS RETURN TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG WITH MVFR VIS WILL ALSO REFORM TONIGHT AND LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CANNOT BE RULED OUT. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE UMPQUA BASIN AFTER SUNSET AS THE MARINE STRATUS SPILLS EAST AGAIN TONIGHT. FARTHER INLAND...A FEW CUMULUS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES FOR THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS AND EAST OF THE CASCADES BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. VFR WILL OTHERWISE CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. /MAW && .FIRE WEATHER...WE HAVE RECEIVED WORD OF SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 FIRE STARTS ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA FROM LAST NIGHT'S MAJOR LIGHTNING OUTBREAK, BUT DESPITE MAINLY CLEAR SKIES, NO NEW SMOKE HAS SHOWN UP ON SATELLITE SO FAR TODAY. WITH SO MANY STRIKES IN OUR AREA (SEVERAL THOUSAND) HOLDOVERS MAY EMERGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WHATEVER FIRES ARE OUT THERE CERTAINLY AREN'T GOING TO ENCOUNTER ANY RESISTANCE FROM THE WEATHER ANY TIME SOON. A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH IS SITTING RIGHT OVER NORCAL AND SW OREGON THIS AFTERNOON AND IS PROVIDING US WITH ANOTHER HOT AND DRY AFTERNOON INLAND FROM THE COAST. THIS HOT UNSTABLE AIR ON THE EAST SIDE WITH THE ONGOING FIRES THAT WE KNOW OF NECESSITATE THE CONTINUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 (LAKE AND KLAMATH). AS THIS TROUGH GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO, GUSTY SOUTHWEST AFTERNOON WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE EAST SIDE. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS, IT WILL REMAIN HOT AND DRY. HAINES INDICES WILL BE A SOLID 5 OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY, BUT IS NOT FORECAST TO REACH 6 ANYWHERE AT THE MOMENT OWING TO SOME WARMING ALOFT. WHILE IT WILL BE HOT, DRY AND BREEZY ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE DOING FIRE CREWS FAVORS, THEY DO NOT MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA. AS A RESULT, THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE MODOC WILL BE DISCONTINUED IN FAVOR OF SIMPLY HEADLINING THE CONDITIONS. AN UPPER TROUGH OFFSHORE AND A STRONG RIDGE OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE THIS WEEK, AS WILL THE RESULTING SW FLOW ALOFT IN BETWEEN OVER THE PACNW. MOISTURE WILL STAY EAST OF US, AND ANY DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW SHOULD BE MAINLY OFFSHORE OR NORTH OF US, SO LITTLE CHANGE IN SENSIBLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. BY NEXT WEEKEND, HOWEVER, THE PATTERN BEGINS TO RETROGRADE WHICH BRINGS US MORE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE WITH THE RESULT BEING INCREASINGLY HOT, DRY WEATHER. -WRIGHT && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ030-031. CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. WOODHEAD/WRIGHT/SVEN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1120 AM PDT MON AUG 06 2012
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0620 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N HAPPY CAMP 41.84N 123.38W
08/05/2012 SISKIYOU CA PUBLIC
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
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SVENThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Barry Point Wildfire was ignited by lightning on 08/06/12. It was contained by 08/28/12. It burned 98071 acres and $21.1 million was spent on wildfire fighting efforts.
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