The Slate Creek wildfire started on 09/03/12 and was contained by 09/08/12.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
The Slate Creek wildfire started on 09/03/12 and was contained by 09/08/12.
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 Sep 3, 7:57 AM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
857 AM PDT MON SEP 3 2012
.DISCUSSION...CURRENT VISIBLE IMAGE SHOWS MARINE STRATUS ALREADY
BURNING OFF IN PARTS OF THE COQUILLE VALLEY AND THE MARINE STRATUS
IS ALREADY MOVING OFF THE COAST. ELSEWHERE SKIES ARE CLEAR WITH
SOME AREAS OF SMOKE NEAR EXISTING FIRES. MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO
SKY COVER TO MATCH CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS. REST OF THE FORECAST
FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON LOOKS GOOD. A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT
THE 12Z NAM HAS BACKED OFF ON THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY CONVECTION
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO WERE LIKELY TO REMAIN DRY
FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IS GOING TO
BE PRETTY MUCH STATUS QUO WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING UP OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. THE 6Z GFS AND LAST NIGHTS EC RUN SHOWS THE
STRONGER UPPER TROUGH IS SLOWER TO MOVE TOWARDS THE PAC NW WHICH
IF CORRECT WILL DELAY THE COOLING UNTIL THE START OF NEXT WEEK.
-PETRUCELLI
&&
.AVIATION...THE MARINE STRATUS SHOULD BURN OFF AT KOTH WITH IN THE
HOUR WITH VFR CONDITIONS THE REST OF THE DAY. ONCE THE STRATUS
BURNS OFF NORTH WINDS WILL PICK UP AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY FROM
AROUND MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE SKIES REMAIN
CLEAR WITH VFR CONDITIONS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 AM PDT MON SEP 3 2012/
DISCUSSION...A SMALL STRIP OF STRATUS HAS DEVELOPED OFFSHORE OF THE
COOS COASTLINE. WITH WEAK TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW THIS MORNING,
THIS STRATUS WILL ATTEMPT TO LIMP TOWARDS THE COAST BUT MIGHT NOT
MAKE IT INTO NORTH BEND. THE OFFSHORE FLOW HAS TRENDED WEAKER THAN
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, THOUGH IT WILL STILL KEEP RECOVERIES IN THE
POOR TO MODERATE RANGE OVERNIGHT.
THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN TO START
THE WEEK. WHILE TEMPERATURES INLAND CONTINUE TO WARM UP A DEGREE
OR TWO EACH DAY, THE RESULT IS SOME MILD STRENGTHENING OF THE
THERMAL TROUGH. MARINERS SHOULD EXPECT SLIGHTLY STRONGER NORTHERLY
WINDS TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY FROM GOLD BEACH TO POINT ST. GEORGE.
OTHERWISE, LABOR DAY SHOULD BE SUNNY AND A FEW DEGREES WARMER THEN
NORMAL ACROSS ALL INLAND AREAS. SOME SMOKE MAY DRIFT INTO JACKSON
AND LAKE COUNTIES ASSOCIATED WITH FIRES STILL BURNING IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL MEANDER INLAND ON WEDNESDAY AND MAKE FOR
THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK. INLAND HIGHS WEST OF THE CASCADES
COULD REACH INTO THE MID 90S. EAST OF THE CASCADES AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S. FOR THE LATTER
HALF OF THE WEEK, A VERY BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP
IN THE UPPER LEVELS JUST OFFSHORE OF OREGON. THE SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN AT OR A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WILL
ALSO MAKE FOR WEAK SYNOPTIC WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE NAM
CONTINUES TO SHOW DECENT MONSOONAL MOISTURE CREEPING INTO MODOC CO
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE INSTABILITY STILL DOES NOT LOOK
IMPRESSIVE ON ANY MODEL, THIS DOES BEAR WATCHING AS THE GFS AND EC
CAN STRUGGLE WITH MONSOONAL FLOW. IN THE EXTENDED...BOTH THE GFS
AND EC ARE STARTING TO SING A SIMILAR TUNE WITH A VERY SIGNIFICANT
TROUGH DROPPING IN FROM THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS WILL BE
LOOKED AT CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS IT WOULD SURELY USHER IN
SOME VERY FALL-ESQUE TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS THE BEST CHANCE FOR
PRECIPITATION WE'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. -MSO
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY
FOR PZZ350-356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 8 AM PDT THURSDAY
FOR PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
PZZ376.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PZZ376.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Slate Creek wildfire was started by human activities on 09/03/12. It was contained by 09/08/12. By that time it burned 154 acres and $900 thousand was spent on wildfire fighting efforts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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