The Stouts Wildfire was started by someone mowing dry grass at around 1200 PST on 07/30/2015. As of the last report on 0330 PST on 09/08/2015, the fire covered 26452 acres and was 98 percent contained.
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The Stouts Wildfire was started by someone mowing dry grass at around 1200 PST on 07/30/2015. As of the last report on 0330 PST on 09/08/2015, the fire covered 26452 acres and was 98 percent contained. 38.3 million dollars had been spent on 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 Sep 1, 12:00 AM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 100 AM PDT TUE SEP 1 2015 .DISCUSSION...01/00Z NAM/GFS IN. MODERATE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY TUESDAY AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH DIGS JUST OFFSHORE. IT WILL BE DRY INITIALLY WITH THE STORM TRACK TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...BUT THE MEDFORD CWA WILL STILL CATCH THE WEAK SOUTHERN END OF SYSTEMS MOVING ONSHORE. A SHORT WAVE EJECTING FROM THE TROUGH WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER WASHINGTON AND EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE SOUTHERN OREGON LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TO THE COAST...COAST RANGE...AND UMPQUA BASIN. THE INCREASING CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL MAKE FOR A COOLER DAY OVER THOSE AREAS WITH HIGHS NEAR NORMAL TO ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGHS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL TO ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE REST OF THE AREA. THE DIGGING LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL FORCE THE STORM TRACK FARTHER SOUTH. THE INITIAL SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IT WILL BE WEAK. THE NORTH COAST WILL ONCE AGAIN GET MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION...WITH VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS FARTHER INLAND FROM THE CASCADES WEST AND SISKIYOUS NORTH. FAR NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY MAY GET SOME MEASURABLE RAIN TOO. INLAND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN TO AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...EXCEPT IN THE UMPQUA BASIN WHERE THE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION WILL COOL TEMPERATURES TO AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ONCE THE LONG WAVE TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...IT WILL HANG AROUND A WHILE AS SHORT WAVES DIVING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH WILL KEEP IT DIGGING IN PLACE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE COOL WITH INLAND HIGHS 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS EAST OF THE CASCADES AND IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. COOL AIR ALOFT WOULD NORMALLY SUPPORT SHOWER ACTIVITY...BUT THE 01/00Z GFS AND EC ARE BOTH DRIER THAN EXPECTED. OVERALL MOISTURE IS LIMITED. THE EC IS A BIT WETTER THAN THE GFS...SO THAT SOLUTION IS PREFERRED. THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW. THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY IS MURKIER AS THERE CONTINUES TO BE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODEL SOLUTIONS AS TO WHEN THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT TO THE EAST. THE WEEKEND WILL BE COOL COOL AND SHOWERY WITH A TROUGH OVERHEAD IF THE EC VERIFIES...OR DRY WITH OFFSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW AND A STRONG WARMING TREND WITH THE UPPER TROUGH TO THE EAST IF THE GFS VERIFIES. THE SOLUTIONS CONVERGE AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WHICH LOOK TO BE DRY WITH A STRONG WARMING TREND...AND POSSIBLY OFFSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 01/06Z TAF CYCLE...AREAS OF MVFR/IFR CIGS ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE UMPQUA BASIN WILL CLEAR TO THE COAST TUESDAY MORNING...BUT THE LOWER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ALONG THE COAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME HIGHER TERRAIN OBSCURED. ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. && .MARINE...UPDATED 100 AM PDT TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2015...WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH MODERATE SEAS DOMINATED BY WEST SWELL. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY BRINGING RAIN SHOWERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AS WELL AS A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN NORTHWEST SWELL. NORTH WIND AND SEAS MAY INCREASE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY OR AS LATE AS THIS WEEKEND. NUMERICAL MODELS HAVE BEEN UNCERTAIN ON THE TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF THIS NORTH WIND INCREASE. WHILE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME...THEY ARE MORE LIKELY SUNDAY. GALES MAY DEVELOP SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. CA...NONE. PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE. 15/15/16
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Stouts Wildfire was started by someone mowing dry grass at around 1200 PST on 07/30/2015. As of the last report on 0330 PST on 09/08/2015, the fire covered 26452 acres and was 98 percent contained. 38.3 million dollars had been spent on firefighting efforts.
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