Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
715 PM PDT SUN SEP 21 2014

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SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
715 PM PDT SUN SEP 21 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA HAVE DISSIPATED.  

$$

STOCKTON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
331 PM PDT SUN SEP 21 2014

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NORTHERN
NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE CWA
TONIGHT. THERE IS JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE TO SUPPORT
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM THE
SHASTA REGION NORTHWARD UP ALONG THE CASCADES TO THE EAST SIDE.
THESE WILL END OVERNIGHT. THE REST OF THE CWA WILL BE DRY, BUT
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MARINE CLOUDS AND SOME FOG AGAIN ALONG THE
COAST.

THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE COAST MONDAY. IT WILL
REMAIN WARM INLAND WITH HIGHS WELL INTO THE 80S OVER THE WEST SIDE.
THERE IS STILL SOME WEAK INSTABILITY FROM NEAR CRATER LAKE
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SO HAVE INCLUDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THERE. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN MONDAY AND THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SOME GUSTY
WINDS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT
THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE TIME BEING.

MODELS HAVE SPED UP THIS INITIAL TROUGH WITH A WEAK SURFACE COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH IT MOVING ONSHORE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. SO, HAVE INTRODUCED A CHANCE OF RAIN ALONG THE
COAST DURING THIS TIME FRAME. A MUCH STRONGER TROUGH WILL MOVE
INSIDE 140W LATER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND THIS WILL SEND A
MUCH STRONGER FRONT TOWARD THE COAST. H85 WINDS INCREASE TO ABOUT
45-50KT ALONG THE COAST AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM, BUT THE OTH-ACV
PRESSURE GRADIENT IS ONLY ABOUT 4-5 MB. AS A RESULT, WHILE WE'LL
SEE AN INCREASE IN WINDS AT THE COAST, WE ARE NOT EXPECTING WARNING
LEVEL WINDS. IT WILL GET WINDY IN MANY AREAS INLAND...ESPECIALLY
THE EAST SIDE. THIS WILL RESULT IN FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS PRECEDING
ANY RAINFALL...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AT RFWMFR.

MODEL STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES SHOWING THE FRONT WILL HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FEED WITH INTEGRATED VAPOR
TRANSPORT LEVELS EXCEEDING 500 KG/M/S (UP TO 1000 KG/M/S ALONG THE
COAST) AND PWATS OF 3-4 SDS ABOVE THE MEAN. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL TO
OCCUR AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN WEST OF
THE ROGUE VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO DOWNSLOPE FLOW
OFF THE SISKIYOUS, BUT RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD OVER THE VALLEY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE MEASURED IN
INCHES ALONG THE COAST AND THERE SHOULD BE A WIDESPREAD WETTING
RAIN ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WEST SIDE. SOME EAST SIDE AREAS WILL
ALSO GET A WETTING RAIN, BUT AMOUNTS OVER THERE WILL BE MUCH LESS
AS THE FRONT LOSES ITS PUNCH EAST OF THE CASCADES. WE'LL HAVE TO
CONSIDER POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR SOME AREAS BURNED BY
THE RECENT WILDFIRES, PARTICULARLY WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY, WHERE
THE TERRAIN IS VERY STEEP.

A BROAD TROUGH WILL SET UP OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK AND THIS WILL KEEP A COOL, SHOWERY PATTERN OVER
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

THERE ARE STILL LARGE DIFFERENCES IN THE EXTENDED GUIDANCE
REGARDING THIS WEEKEND'S FORECAST. THE ECMWF CUTS OFF A LOW OVER
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA...WHILE THE GFS KICKS THE LOW OUT
AND BUILDS A RIDGE OVER THE AREA. IT WILL PROBABLY FALL SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN THESE SOLUTIONS WHERE THE TROUGH DOESN'T EJECT QUITE AS
FAST AS THE GFS, BUT ALSO ISN'T QUITE AS DEEP AS THE ECMWF. FOR
NOW, HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED KEEPING SLIGHT CHANCE
TO CHANCE POPS WITH ONLY A SLIGHT MODERATING TREND. SPILDE

&&

.AVIATION...EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR IN STRATUS/FOG ALONG THE
COAST TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING, INCLUDING OTH. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE SHASTA
REGION NORTHWARD UP ALONG THE CASCADES TO THE EAST SIDE, BUT THESE
SHOULD DWINDLE AFTER SUNSET AND END BY MIDNIGHT. THESE MAY BRIEFLY
LOWER CIGS DOWN TO MVFR IN HEAVIER RAINFALL, BUT IT SHOULD REMAIN
VFR OUTSIDE ANY STORM CORES. SPILDE

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED 130 PM PDT SUN 21 SEP 2014...HIGH PRESSURE
WILL REMAIN OVER THE WATERS INTO EARLY MONDAY WITH LIGHT TO
MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS APPROACH THE REGION. THE
FIRST FRONT WILL ARRIVE MONDAY NIGHT, WITH OTHERS FOLLOWING THROUGH
THE WEEK. EACH WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN WITH INCREASED WINDS AND
STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS. EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR
MUCH OF THIS TIME, WITH GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY
THE STRONGER COLD FRONT MIDWEEK. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY FRIDAY
WHEN HIGH PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN BUILDS INTO THE AREA.
-BPN/DW

&&

.HYDROLOGY...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR THE DEBRIS FLOW THAT
OCCURRED YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT ON THE SOUTHEAST DRAINAGES OF
MOUNT SHASTA...INCLUDING MUD AND PILGRIM CREEKS...HAS DIMINISHED
THIS AFTERNOON AS FLOOD WATERS HAVE SUBSIDED. THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING AND WATCH HAVE BOTH BEEN CANCELLED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST CONDITIONS WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, AVALANCHE
CENTER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD CONDITIONS CHANGE.

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
     FOR ORZ624-625.

CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
     FOR CAZ281-282-284-285.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE.

MAS/SBN/BPN