The Ana Wildfire started on the evening of 07/08/17. It was determined to be caused by humans.
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The Ana Wildfire started on the evening of 07/08/17. It was determined to be caused by humans. As of the last report on 07/15/17, the fire covered 5874 acres and was 100% contained. 2.9 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 Jul 8, 1:16 PM PST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Medford OR 216 PM PDT Sat Jul 8 2017 .DISCUSSION... Mostly clear skies and mild to hot temperatures continue this afternoon, except along portions of the immediate coast south of Cape Sebastian, where the marine layer has hung on keeping temperatures in the upper 50s. Southeastern portions of the forecast area are currently the hottest, with Mount Shasta City and Alturas at 93 and 94 degrees, respectively. We expect that it will be hot there, but short of daily records that are 100+ degrees. There is a weak mid-upper level monsoonal impulse gliding over Modoc and Lake Counties this afternoon that bears some watching , but we expect any thunderstorm activity that has a slight chance of getting going will be over Harney County, east of our area, if it does occurs. There is also a patch of marine layer stratus over Charleston and Cape Arago at this time, which is likely a sign of an increase in the marine layer to come tonight in that area. The forecast continues to indicate very little change in the weather across the area during the next 7-10 days. A shortwave trough moving in on a west-east flow will begin to cool temperatures Sunday and then, moreso, Monday, for inland areas, altogether by about 10 degrees for afternoon highs between today and Monday afternoon. We expect enhanced afternoon and evening winds at inland locations Sunday and Monday because of this impulse, and we'll be very close to red flag warning criteria in Modoc County Sunday afternoon and evening. We also expect a greater inland push of the marine layer Monday morning, likely across most of the coastal counties, into central Douglas County, and, possibly, into portions of Josephine and Jackson Counties. Otherwise, temperatures will heat back up to 5 to 10 degrees above normal for Tuesday through next Saturday. With the forecast area remaining under the axis of high pressure at 500mb during that time period there will be afternoon and evening low level instability, but the combination of limited moisture and subsidence aloft is expected to continue to keep thunderstorms from forming. Climatologically speaking, the chance for large fires starting from thunderstorms in our area peaks mid-July to mid August. Long term guidance continues to show a more favorable pattern for thunderstorms as we head toward the end of the month. Normals for this next week for: North Bend: Low 52 / High 69 Brookings: Low 52 / High 68 Medford: Low 53 / High 88 Roseburg: Low 54 / High 84 Klamath Falls: Low 48 / High 84 Mount Shasta City: Low 49 / High 84 Alturas: Low 45 / High 88 July Normals for Crater Lake NP Headquarters: Low 41 / High 69 /BTL && .AVIATION...08/18Z TAF CYCLE...Along the coast and over the coastal waters...Areas of IFR/MVFR cigs and MVFR vsbys in marine stratus from Gold Beach south will surge north today. By this evening there will be stratus along most of the coast. Tonight...the stratus will surge inland into the lower Umpqua Basin perhaps as far as Elkton. Meanwhile...the clouds will clear along the south coast as low level easterly flow develops. The south coast will remain VFR Sunday while the lower conditions north of Cape Blanco will clear back to the coast by Sunday afternoon. Inland...VFR conditions will prevail through Sunday. && .MARINE...Updated 830 AM PDT Saturday 8 July 2017...High pressure offshore and a thermal trough near the coast will produce strong north winds and steep choppy seas through next week. Small craft advisory winds and seas will persist in the waters south of Cape Blanco through at least Tuesday evening. Winds will peak during the afternoon and evening hours...strongest south of Gold Beach from 10 to 40 NM from shore. Winds will likely be strongest on Monday afternoon and evening with gales possible south of Cape Blanco and small craft advisory conditions north of the Cape. && .FIRE WEATHER...Updated 100 PM Saturday 8 July 2017...The main concern over the next few days is gusty east side winds combined with low relative humidities. At this time it appears that conditions will approach Red Flag Warning criteria over zone 285, but they will not quite get there except for a few isolated locations. Will go with a headline in the Fire Weather Forecast, but no warning at this time. && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...None. CA...None. Pacific Coastal Waters... - Small Craft Advisory until 11 PM PDT Tuesday for PZZ356-376. BTL/JRS/DW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ana Wildfire started on the evening of 07/08/17. It was determined to be caused by humans. As of the last report on 07/15/17, the fire covered 5874 acres and was 100% contained. 2.9 million dollars had been spent on firefighting efforts.
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