Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 16, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 18, 2012, 3:21 PM PDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:21 PM PDT (22:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
636 WHUS76 KMFR 182221 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 321 PM PDT SUN MAR 18 2012 PZZ350-356-370-376-191130- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120319T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0031.120319T1500Z-120320T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0010.120319T2100Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0016.120320T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0019.120319T2100Z-120322T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0010.120319T2100Z-120320T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 321 PM PDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE IN DURING THE EVENING WITH 35 TO 40 KT AND GUSTS NEAR 50 KT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SWATH BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A WEST NORTHWEST SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH WIND WAVES FOR SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET AT 12 SECONDS TONIGHT. WIND WAVES WILL BUILD MONDAY AND LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FEET AT 11 SECONDS ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. BUT A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT MAKING FOR STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 14 TO 17 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ MSO HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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861 WHUS76 KMFR 191501 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 801 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 PZZ350-356-370-376-192300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120320T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120319T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.120319T2100Z-120322T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.120320T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 801 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE IN DURING THE EVENING WITH 35 TO 40 KT AND GUSTS NEAR 50 KT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SWATH BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * SEAS: WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TODAY AND LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP BY THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FEET AT 11 SECONDS ARE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. BUT A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT MAKING FOR STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 14 TO 17 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
319 WHUS76 KMFR 192134 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 234 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 PZZ356-376-201045- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120320T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.120320T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0011.120321T0400Z-120321T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 234 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL RISE TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 KT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SWATH BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND WILL OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 KT TUESDAY MORNING. THEN SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KT AND GUSTS TO 45 KT AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TODAY BECOMING VERY STEEP THIS EVENING. COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 15 FEET AT 11 SECONDS ARE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 9 TO 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THEN A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY EVENING BRINGING STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 14 TO 17 FEET AT 13 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS MAY RISE TO 15 TO 20 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT AS WIND WAVES COMBINE WITH HEAVY SWELL. SEAS OF 13 TO 18 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-370-201045- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120320T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.120320T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 234 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 KT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SWATH BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND WILL OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 KT TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TODAY BECOMING VERY STEEP EARLY THIS EVENING. COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 9 TO 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THEN A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT BRINGING STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 14 TO 17 FEET AT 13 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
883 WHUS76 KMFR 200438 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 938 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 PZZ356-376-201745- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0011.120321T0400Z-120321T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 938 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RISE TO GALES OF 40 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 KT TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SWATH BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 KT TUESDAY MORNING. THEN SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO GALE AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE. * SEAS: SEAS WILL CONTINUE NEAR 12 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TONIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 15 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEN A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY EVENING BRINGING STEEP SEAS TO NEAR 17 FEET AT 13 SECONDS. SEAS MAY RISE TO 15 TO 20 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT AS WIND WAVES COMBINE WITH HEAVY SWELL. SEAS OF 13 TO 18 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-370-201745- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 938 PM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RISE TO GALES OF 40 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 KT TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SWATH BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 KT TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SWATH WITH THIS AREA OF STRONG WINDS ARRIVING WITHIN 10 NM OF THE COAST LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 KT TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET AT 11 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 9 TO 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THEN A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT BRINGING COMBINED SEAS TO NEAR 15 FEET. SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
073 WHUS76 KMFR 200925 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 225 AM PDT TUE MAR 20 2012 PZZ356-376-202230- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0011.120321T0400Z-120321T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 225 AM PDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: EXPECT SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 KT LATER THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. * SEAS: 15 TO 18 FOOT SEAS...LARGELY DOMINATED BY VERY STEEP WIND WAVES...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL EASE A BIT LATER THIS MORNING THEN A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING. SEAS OF 15 TO 20 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS WIND WAVES COMBINE WITH HEAVY SWELL. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-370-202230- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 225 AM PDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: EXPECT SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL EASE TO 15 TO 25 KT LATER THIS MORNING. * SEAS: 15 TO 20 FOOT SEAS...LARGELY DOMINATED BY VERY STEEP WIND WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT LATER THIS MORNING. A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL OF 15 TO 18 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
283 WHUS76 KMFR 201211 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 511 AM PDT TUE MAR 20 2012 PZZ356-376-210115- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0032.120320T1211Z-120320T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0011.120321T0400Z-120321T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0033.120321T0600Z-120321T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 511 AM PDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 KT LATER THIS MORNING. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL EASE LATER THIS MORNING THEN A LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING. SEAS OF 15 TO 20 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS WIND WAVES COMBINE WITH HEAVY SWELL. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-210115- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120320T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0032.120320T1211Z-120320T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120322T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 511 AM PDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 KT LATER THIS MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL EASE LATER THIS MORNING. A NORTHWEST SWELL OF 15 TO 18 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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 Mar 18, 2:32 PM PDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 2:32 PM PDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
232 PM PDT SUN MAR 18 2012
.SHORT TERM...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING THIS
AFTERNOON AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST OVER THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VERY COLD AIR ALOFT AROUND -33
TO -35 DEGREE C MAY CREATE WEAK INSTABILITY OVER PORTIONS OF THE
AREA AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SO FAR
THE ONLY LIGHTNING THAT HAS BEEN DETECTED HAS BEEN WELL TO THE
SOUTH...SOUTH OF REDDING. ALSO IN HEAVIER SHOWERS EXPECT SOME
GRAUPEL OR SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY
SHOWS SOME HIGHER RETURNS IN SHOWERS OVER JACKSON...JOSEPHINE AND
SISKIYOU COUNTY...WHICH MAY SUPPORT SMALL HAIL. SNOW LEVELS ARE
CURRENTLY AROUND 1000 TO 2000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LOWER
TO 1000 FEET THIS EVENING.
EXPECT SHOWERS TO BEGIN DECREASING DURING THE EVENING AS THE
SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST. THEN A WEAK BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE COAST
LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WHILE A RIDGE BUILDS OFFSHORE.
THIS WEAK DISTURBANCE IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BRING LIGHT
PRECIPITATION MAINLY TO THE COAST. AREAS ALONG THE COAST MAY SEE
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW MONDAY MORNING...WITH BEST CHANCES ALONG THE
COOS AND DOUGLAS COASTS. MONDAY MORNING...ALSO EXPECT VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES WITH LOW TO MID 30S NEAR THE COAST AND MID 20S TO LOW
30S INLAND ON THE WEST SIDE TEMPERATURES AND TEENS EAST OF THE
CASCADES. HAVE ISSUED FREEZE WARNINGS FOR AREAS IN OREGON WEST OF
THE CASCADES. ALONG THE COAST...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN JUST
ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST AREAS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
ON MONDAY...A LOW TO THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING A WARM FRONT TOWARDS
THE COAST...THEN INLAND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 2500 TO 4000 FEET AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THEN TO 3500 TO
5500 FEET ON TUESDAY. AREAS OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH THIS SYSTEM ESPECIALLY FROM THE
CASCADES WEST. OF NOTE IS THAT MODELS ARE SHOWING CONSIDERABLE
VARIABILITY ON THE PRECIPITATION WITH NAM FORECASTING HIGHER QPF
THAN THE GFS OR ECMWF. HAVE LEANED TOWARDS A WETTER SOLUTION BUT
DID NOT GO QUITE AS HIGH WITH PRECIPITATION AS THE NAM. THIS
FRONT WILL ALSO BRING SOME GUSTY WINDS TO THE COASTAL WATERS AND
COAST. CURRENTLY EXPECTING GUSTS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH ALONG THE
COAST. HOWEVER...MODEL VARIABILITY WITH WINDS IS A CONCERN AND THE
NAM IS ALSO SHOWING STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. INLAND AREAS WILL ALSO
SEE GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. OVER THE SUMMER LAKE
AREA AND INTO THE SHASTA VALLEY EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
TO INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.
.LONG TERM...(WED-SUN)...A STRONG TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE COAST
DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY PUTTING THE PACNW IN MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SURFACE LOW MOVING UP ALONG THE COAST ON
WEDNESDAY, AND WHILE, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, THE MODELS ARE
ALL IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT, THE MINOR DIFFERENCES THEY DO SHOW
WILL LOOM LARGE IN SENSIBLE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY WIND. THE SURFACE
LOW IS FORECAST TO COME ASHORE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CAPE BLANCO AND
TILLAMOOK AND SOME TIME BETWEEN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING. ALL
IN ALL THIS PORTENDS A WET WEDNESDAY ON THE WEST SIDE, WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AT THE COAST. BUT CONFIDENCE IN THE WIND FORECAST IS LOW,
ESPECIALLY OVER THE WATERS. SNOW LEVELS AND PRECIP ARE ALSO OF QUITE
LOW CONFIDENCE SINCE THIS LOW (AND PROBABLY OTHER MINOR WAVES) WILL
BE RIDING ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND ANY VACILLATION LONGITUDINALLY
WILL HAVE BIG CONSEQUENCES. FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE FRONT NEAR THE
COAST WITH FAIRLY HIGH SNOW LEVELS INLAND (ABOVE MOST PASS LEVELS).
THAT SAID, PLACES LIKE CRATER, MOUNT SHASTA (THE MOUNTAIN, NOT THE
CITY), AND OTHER HIGHER MOUNTAINS COULD REALLY PILE UP SOME SNOW ON
WEDNESDAY.
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THE FRONT PUSHES INLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW. AT THE SAME
TIME, A LARGE TROUGH IS CARVED OUT OFF SHORE WHICH REMAINS THERE AND
KEEPS PRECIP CHANCES HIGH THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. IT STILL
LOOKS AS IF THE LOW WILL DROP FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO ALLOW US TO DRY
OUT OVER THE WEEKEND, HOWEVER FORECASTING THE MOVEMENT OF CUTOFF
LOWS IS TENUOUS AT ANY TIME, BUT ESPECIALLY A WEEK OUT. -WRIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...AN UPPER TROUGH IS CROSSING OVER OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND PRODUCING SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. ANY OF THESE SHOWERS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MVFR VIS AND EVEN BRIEF IFR CIG/VIS IN
SHSN, ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERMINALS (LIKE KLMT AND KMHS). SHOWERS
WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS WITH IFR CIGS/VIS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION. OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS, EXPECT
GENERALLY MVFR CIGS AND VFR VIS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN
BECOMING VFR AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST EARLY TONIGHT AND CEILINGS
LIFT. -RA WILL REDEVELOP AT THE COAST TOMORROW MORNING AS A WARM
FRONT APPROACHES. -WRIGHT
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ021.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ021.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ023.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ022.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ022.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ026.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ORZ024.
CA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY
NIGHT FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
CCHazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 11:17 AM PDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1117 AM PDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ORZ021>026-181930- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- 1117 AM PDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:32 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:32 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:32 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 37 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:39 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 28 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:39 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 10 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:08 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 18 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:21 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 71 hr |
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