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Freeze Watch 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this freeze watch at Dec 2, 2013, 2:56 PM PST for Coos County, Curry County, Douglas County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 4, 2013, 11:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2013, 2:56 PM PST (22:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 4, 2013, 11:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2013, 1:14 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KMFR 022256 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 256 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 CAZ085-030300- /O.EXT.KMFR.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131203T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- 256 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WARNER MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN MODOC COUNTY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ORZ030-031-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 256 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE SUMMER LAKE AREA AND MOUNTAINS IN LAKE COUNTY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON OREGON HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE...INCLUDING THE SUMMER LAKE AREA...AND ON HIGHWAY 140 OVER WARNER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ORZ021-022-030700- /O.NEW.KMFR.FR.Y.0061.131203T0900Z-131203T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.A.0020.131204T0700Z-131204T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 256 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 33 TO 36 DEGREES WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS BRIEFLY DIPPING BELOW FREEZING. THEN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO LOW 30S ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER EACH NIGHT WITH THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES MAY FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CC
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KMFR 030006 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 406 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ORZ030-031-030115- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 406 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS HAS PASSED...SO THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ CAZ085-030300- /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131203T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- 406 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WARNER MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN MODOC COUNTY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 299 NEAR CEDAR PASS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ORZ021-022-030815- /O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0061.131203T0900Z-131203T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0020.131204T0700Z-131204T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 406 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 33 TO 36 DEGREES WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS BRIEFLY DIPPING BELOW FREEZING. THEN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO LOW 30S ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION ISEXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER EACH NIGHT WITH THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES MAY FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
000 WWUS76 KMFR 030304 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 704 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 CAZ085-030415- /O.EXP.KMFR.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131203T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY- 704 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA HAS PASSED. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ ORZ021-022-031115- /O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0061.131203T0900Z-131203T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0020.131204T0700Z-131204T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 704 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 33 TO 36 DEGREES WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS BRIEFLY DIPPING BELOW FREEZING. THEN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO LOW 30S ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER EACH NIGHT WITH THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES MAY FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
000 WWUS76 KMFR 031113 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 313 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ORZ021-022-032300- /O.UPG.KMFR.FZ.A.0020.131204T0700Z-131204T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.W.0040.131204T0700Z-131204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FR.Y.0061.000000T0000Z-131203T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 313 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 33 TO 36 DEGREES WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST BRIEFLY DIPPING BELOW FREEZING. SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER EACH NIGHT WITH THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ BTL
000 WWUS76 KMFR 031556 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 756 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ORZ021-022-040000- /O.EXP.KMFR.FR.Y.0061.000000T0000Z-131203T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.W.0040.131204T0700Z-131204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 756 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER EACH NIGHT WITH THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
000 WWUS76 KMFR 032001 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1201 PM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ORZ021-022-041800- /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.W.0040.131204T0700Z-131204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1201 PM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER EACH NIGHT WITH THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
000 WWUS76 KMFR 041134 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 334 AM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ORZ021-022-041800- /O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.A.0022.131206T0700Z-131206T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.W.0040.000000T0000Z-131204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 334 AM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP BELOW FREEZING AND THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING AS AN INCOMING FRONTAL SYSTEM BRINGS ONSHORE FLOW. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN TO AT LEAST 500 FOOT ELEVATIONS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ BTL
000 WWUS76 KMFR 041750 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 950 AM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ORZ021-022-050200- /O.EXP.KMFR.FZ.W.0040.000000T0000Z-131204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0022.131206T0700Z-131206T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 950 AM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP BELOW FREEZING AND THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING AS AN INCOMING FRONTAL SYSTEM BRINGS ONSHORE FLOW. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN TO AT LEAST 500 FOOT ELEVATIONS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ PETRUCELLI
000 WWUS76 KMFR 041801 CCA NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1000 AM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ORZ021-022-050215- /O.EXP.KMFR.FZ.W.0040.000000T0000Z-131204T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FZ.A.0022.131206T0700Z-131206T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 1000 AM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP BELOW FREEZING AND THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING AS AN INCOMING FRONTAL SYSTEM BRINGS ONSHORE FLOW. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN TO AT LEAST 500 FOOT ELEVATIONS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ PETRUCELLI
000 WWUS76 KMFR 042114 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 114 PM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ORZ021-022-051700- /O.UPG.KMFR.FZ.A.0021.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.W.0041.131205T0700Z-131205T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FZ.A.0022.131206T0700Z-131206T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 114 PM PST WED DEC 4 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. * TEMPERATURE INVERSION...NO SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP BELOW FREEZING AND THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING AS AN INCOMING FRONTAL SYSTEM BRINGS ONSHORE FLOW. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN TO AT LEAST 500 FOOT ELEVATIONS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED OR IF IT IS NOT BROUGHT INDOORS. OUTDOOR WATER PIPES COULD FREEZE ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. ALSO LOCALLY ICY ROADS MAY DEVELOP. ADDITIONALLY...PETS NOT USED TO THE COLD MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES IF EXPOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ PETRUCELLI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Dec 2, 9:02 AM PST, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 9:02 AM PST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
902 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013
.SHORT TERM...A COLD FRONT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION
OF THE CWA AND WILL SHIFT SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON, THEN MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA IN THE EVENING. THIS FRONT
WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW. MODELS REMAIN ON TRACK WITH SNOW LEVELS
LOWERING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE AREA TODAY. CURRENTLY SNOW
LEVELS AROUND AT 5000 FEET OR HIGHER. HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL
QUICKLY LOWER TO AROUND 2500 TO 3500 FEET IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE
FRONT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST WITH THIS
FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES WHERE HIGHER PRECIPITATION
RATES WILL COMBINE WITH LOWERING SNOW LEVELS TODAY TO BRING
MODERATE SNOW, ESPECIALLY TO AREAS NEAR DIAMOND LAKE AND CRATER
LAKE. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH SUCH AS NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS AND
SISKIYOU SUMMIT ARE EXPECTED TO INITIALLY HAVE RAIN, CHANGING TO
LIGHT SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL
SEE MAINLY RAIN WITH SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW. IN THE AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT EXPECT SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER EASTERN AREAS.
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF AND WITH THIS
FRONTAL PASSAGE OVER SOME HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE SUMMER
LAKE AREA. WINDS IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING TO
AROUND 60 MPH. EXPECT THESE WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING THEN
DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE 700 MB JET BEGINS TO SHIFT
SOUTH TO THE AREA.
SHOWERS ARE FORECAST BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING AS MOIST WEST
TO NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES, MAINLY FROM THE CASCADES WEST IN
OREGON. ALSO EXPECT SHOWER INTO TONIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS
SHIFTS SOUTH INTO THE AREA. ON TUESDAY THESE SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH
ON THE WEST SIDE AS DRIER NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS WITH
MAINLY ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER THE AREA, MAINLY IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND FROM THE CASCADES EAST.
OF CONCERN IS EXACT AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN SHOWERS THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT FROM THE CASCADES WEST. MODELS SHOW GOOD
AGREEMENT THAT THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS MAY
RECEIVE AND INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION, MAINLY FOR
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. HAVE ADDED A SNOW ADVISORY TO ZONE 25
IN THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS FOR TONIGHT, WHICH INCLUDES AREAS AROUND
TOKETEE FALLS. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 1000 TO 1500 FEET
TONIGHT. WESTERN VALLEYS WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SHOWERS THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT BUT EXPECT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO BE LIGHT AND SCATTERED.
ALSO EXPECT LITTLE ACCUMULATION IN SHOWERS BELOW TO 2000 FEET DUE
TO THE LIGHT SNOW INTENSITY AND WARMER GROUND TEMPERATURES IN
THESE AREAS.
THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING COLD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA
BEGINNING TUESDAY WITH A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS SETTLING OVER THE
REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS COLD AIR WILL LINGER THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK AND BRING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
LATE IN THE WEEK, OF CONCERN IS A MODERATE SHORTWAVE FORECAST TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION FROM THIS SHORTWAVE ALONG WITH LINGERING AND
ADDITIONAL COLD TEMPERATURES MAY BRING ADDITIONAL SNOW TO THE
AREA, WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POTENTIALLY DOWN TO LOWER VALLEY
FLOORS. CURRENTLY, JUST HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IN
THE FORECAST BUT MAY NEED TO INCREASE THIS, GIVEN CURRENT MODEL
FORECASTS.
&&
.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 02/12Z TAF CYCLE.
A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO EXIT TO THE SOUTH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. UNTIL THAT TIME...EXPECT LOWERED FLIGHT CONDITIONS AND
RAIN TO CONTINUE AT ALL TERMINALS WEST OF THE CASCADES...WITH
MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS AND STRONG WESTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS. THE EAST
SIDE WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WESTERLY WINDS INTO THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH MOUNTAIN WAVE TURBULENCE AN ONGOING
CONCERN...AS EVIDENCED BY NUMEROUS PIREPS THUS FAR. FREEZING LEVELS
WILL DROP CONSIDERABLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...REACHING TO
GROUND LEVEL AT ALL BUT THE LOWEST VALLEYS AND THE COAST BY TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH CEILINGS MAY LIFT BRIEFLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...EXPECT
PRECIPITATION TO BECOME SHOWERY AND CHANGE TO SNOW IN MOST
AREAS...FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITY. VFR CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ030-031.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR FOR ORZ025.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
ORZ027-028.
CA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAZ085.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY
FOR PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY
FOR PZZ350.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY
FOR PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY
FOR PZZ376.
CCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 4:45 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 23 hr | |
| Dec 2, 8:33 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas | 19 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:56 PM PST | Frost Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 17 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:56 PM PST | Freeze Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 12 hr |
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