The Buckskin fire was initiated by lightning at around 2315 PST on 06/10/2015. As of 06/18/2015, the fire was 2400 acres and was 5% contained.
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The Buckskin fire was initiated by lightning at around 2315 PST on 06/10/2015.
As of 06/18/2015, the fire was 2400 acres and was 5% contained. 3.4 million dollars had been spent in firefighting efforts.
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 Jun 10, 2:17 PM PST, 8 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
317 PM PDT WED JUN 10 2015
.DISCUSSION...THE 12Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD
AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY. A BAND OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE IS
LINGERING FROM FAR SOUTHWEST SISKIYOU COUNTY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO FAR SOUTHEAST LAKE COUNTY. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THAT AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. BUT, A DRY AIR MASS HAS
BUILT INTO WESTERN OREGON AND WILL CONTINUE BUILDING INLAND
TONIGHT...PUTTING AN END TO THE EXPECTED FEW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...A VERY WARM, DRY, AND
STABLE AIR MASS WILL PERSIST. HIGH TEMPERATURES INLAND WILL HAVE
RELATIVELY LITTLE DAY-TO-DAY CHANGE. THEY WILL BE SEVERAL TO
AROUND TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL (WHICH IS SOLIDLY BELOW RECORD
LEVELS) AND NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE BREEZY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. THE RIDGE WILL REACH PEAK STRENGTH ON THURSDAY
THEN BE FLATTENED/WEAKENED SLIGHTLY EARLY FRIDAY BY AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH MOVING INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. WINDS IN CURRY COUNTY WILL BE
NORTHEAST AND RESULT IN A CHETCO EFFECT WITH CLEAR SKIES AND VERY
WARM TEMPERATURES AT BROOKINGS. THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVING INLAND
WILL BRING COOLING TO THE COAST ON SUNDAY.
A DEEPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE GFS REMAINS THE MORE PROGRESSIVE AND
COLDER/DEEPER SOLUTION BUT HAS TRENDED WEAKER. THUS, THE ECMWF
INDICATES OUR WEATHER ON MONDAY WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY RESEMBLE
THE LATE WEEK AND WEEKEND CONDITIONS. THE GFS SOLUTION WOULD
RESULT IN A SOUTHWEST RATHER THAN WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND BRING A
MEAGER BUT SUFFICIENT INCREASE IN MID-LEVEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FROM MOUNT SHASTA NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TENNANT AND TULE LAKE TO
THE VICINITY OF LAKEVIEW. I HAVE LEFT THE PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION AT 10% AS THE ECMWF SOLUTION IS STABLE, AND THE GFS
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF RUNS HAS TRENDED TOWARD THE ECMWF.
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THE GFS SOLUTION PUSHES THE CLOSED
TROUGH INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON WHILE THE ECMWF HANGS
THE TROUGH BACK OFFSHORE OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. THE GFS WOULD RESULT
IN VERY WEAK AFTERNOON/EVENING INSTABILITY OVER THE FAR EASTERN
PORTION OF OUR AREA WHILE THE ECMWF SOLUTION IS STABLE AND A FEW
DEGREES WARMER. AS WITH MONDAY, I HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE DRY
SOLUTION AND IT BEARS REPEATING THAT THE "WETTER" SOLUTION BARELY
GENERATES ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 10/18Z TAF CYCLE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
AT THE COAST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING, BUT MARINE STRATUS WILL
CONTINUE TO LINGER JUST A FEW MILES OFFSHORE. IFR CIGS RETURN THIS
EVENING FROM CAPE BLANCO NORTH AND WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. ELSEWHERE, VFR WILL PERSIST FOR THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE COAST THROUGHOUT THE TAF
PERIOD AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ELSEWHERE INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE 2015...OFFSHORE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. A THERMAL TROUGH NEAR THE
COAST WILL STRENGTHEN INTO SATURDAY...THEN WEAKEN THROUGH MONDAY.
THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOONS
AND EVENINGS...BUT OVERALL WINDS AND SEAS WILL BUILD INTO
SATURDAY...THEN SUBSIDE THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
THAT VERY STEEP SEAS MAY SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. -JRS
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 AM PDT
MONDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ376.
DW/MAP/JRSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Buckskin fire was initiated by lightning at around 2315 PST on 06/10/2015.
As of 07/01/2015, the fire was 5345 acres and was 60% contained. 8.2 million dollars had been spent in firefighting efforts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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