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Gale Warning 31, NWS Medford, OR

August 30, 2008

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Aug 30, 2008, 3:17 AM PDT. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 30, 2008, 3:17 AM PDT (10:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2008, 11:00 PM PDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, 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 this gale warning went out at Aug 29, 1:22 PM PDT, 13 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 1:22 PM PDT, 13 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
122 PM PDT FRI AUG 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...12Z NGM/NAM/GFS IN.

THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST TODAY AND THE SURFACE
THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL MOVE INLAND. AN UPPER TROUGH
OFFSHORE WILL THEN APPROACH THE COAST...PUSHING A COLD FRONT
ONSHORE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER TROUGH ITSELF WILL FOLLOW...MOVING
ONSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT.

INLAND AREAS OF THE MEDFORD CWA ARE NOW EXPERIENCING ONE MORE DAY
OF HOT TEMPERATURES AS THE THERMAL TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE AREA.
ALONG THE COAST...ONSHORE FLOW HAS RETURNED TODAY FOR COOLER
TEMPERATURES.

THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING IN SOME MINIMAL CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION
BEGINNING THIS EVENING...MOSTLY ALONG THE COAST AND LATER IN THE
UMPQUA BASIN AND ADJACENT CASCADES. IT WILL ALSO BRING WINDY
CONDITIONS TO THE RIDGES AND EAST SIDE.

THE UPPER TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT DUE TO SHORT WAVES MOVING DOWN THE BACKSIDE...SO EXPECT COOL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS...MOSTLY IN THE SAME AREAS THAT WILL SEE SOME OF THE
FRONTAL PRECIPITATION. GUSTY RIDGE AND EAST SIDE WINDS WILL ALSO
PERSIST...BUT THEY WILL PEAK ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH THE POST-FRONTAL ONSHORE PUSH.

THE TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT MONDAY AND DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF AN OFFSHORE RIDGE. THE RIDGE WILL
MOVE SLOWLY EAST...FINALLY MOVING ONSHORE THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT
DRY WEATHER FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING
TREND BACK UP TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...AREAS OF IFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL PERSIST OFFSHORE. AS THE
FRONT MOVES IN TONIGHT AREAS OF MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP IN THE
COAST...UMPQUA BASIN...AND ADJACENT CASCADES.  SOME ISOLATED
IFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP AT THE COAST LATE TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.

CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
          EVENING FOR CAZ285.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
          SATURDAY EVENING FOR PZZ356-PZZ376.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PZZ356-PZZ376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ356-
          PZZ376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR
          PZZ350-PZZ370.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY
          FOR PZZ350-PZZ370.

15/15/05

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 1:49 PM PDT, 13 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 30, 3:17 AM PDT	Hazardous Seas Warning	MFR	20 hr
Aug 30, 3:17 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MFR	20 hr
Aug 30, 3:17 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR	20 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.