High Wind Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR

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WWUS76 KMFR 050508
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
908 PM PST FRI NOV 4 2005

ORZ021-022-051315-
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SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...
COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH
908 PM PST FRI NOV 4 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING EFFECTIVE FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN
OREGON COAST. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH
WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL ALLOW SOUTH WINDS TO PICK UP AT
THE COAST SATURDAY MORNING TO 35-45 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60
MPH. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT THAT LEVEL THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN WILL SHIFT WESTERLY AND DECREASE SATURDAY
NIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
250 PM PST FRI NOV 4 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN OREGON THIS
EVENING WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS BEFORE TAPERING OFF
AROUND MIDNIGHT. ON SATURDAY ANOTHER STORM WILL APPROACH OUR
FORECAST AREA WITH VERY GUSTY WINDS AT THE COAST AND THE SHASTA
VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COASTAL ZONES FOR
SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SAT EVENING AND WILL NEED TO BE UPGRADED
THIS EVENING. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ANOTHER WAVE ALREADY FORMED
ALONG THE FRONT AND ANOTHER AREA OF TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTH.
THESE TWO FEATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COMBINE TO PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNT
OF RAIN AT THE COAST AND THE UMPQUA VALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE ROGUE VALLEY TOWARD SAT EVENING.
INITIALLY SNOW LEVEL WILL BE ABOVE PASS LEVEL SAT NIGHT BUT AS THE
FRONT SAGS ACROSS SOUTHERN OREGON INTO NORTHERN CALIF THE SNOW LEVEL
IS EXPECTED TO LOWER TO PASS LEVEL SUNDAY MORNING...AND DOWN TO
3500-4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING.

EXTENDED...
ACTIVE WESTERLY JETSTREAM CONTINUES ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC WITH
A SERIES OF FRONT MOVING INLAND. THIS WILL KEEP OUR FORECAST AREA
UNSTABLE WITH PERIODS OF RAIN AS EACH FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WITH SHOWERS WITH LOCAL EARLY MORNING IFR
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN FOG IN THE INLAND VALLEYS.

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH ORZ021 AND ORZ022 SATURDAY.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...FLORENCE OR TO OR/CA BORDER 0-60 NM.
     THROUGH SAT MORNING.
     GALE WARNING...FLORENCE OR TO OR/CA BORDER 0-60 NM SAT.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OR/CA BORDER TO PT. ST GEORGE CA 0-60 NM.
     THROUGH SAT MORNING.
     GALE WARNING...OR/CA BORDER TO POINT ST GEORGE 0-60 NM SAT.

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ALSO VISIT THE NWS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
940 AM PST FRI NOV 4 2005

PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-051400-
CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM-
CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM-
CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR 20 TO 60 NM-
CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM-
PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM-
PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM-
940 AM PST FRI NOV 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. SEE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR DETAILS.

GLASER