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Storm Warning 6, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this storm warning at Dec 1, 2015, 3:00 PM PST. It took effect at Dec 2, 2015, 7:00 PM PST. 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
- Dec 1, 2015, 3:00 PM PST (23:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2015, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2015, 3:07 PM PST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675 WHUS76 KMFR 012300 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 300 PM PST TUE DEC 1 2015 PZZ356-021200- /O.UPG.KMFR.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0059.151202T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0003.151203T0600Z-151204T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 300 PM PST TUE DEC 1 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...REACHING 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BUILD TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ PZZ350-021200- /O.UPG.KMFR.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-151203T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0059.151202T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0003.151203T0600Z-151204T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 300 PM PST TUE DEC 1 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 40 KT INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...REACHING 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BUILD TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA RIVER. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-021200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0003.151203T0600Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ 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- 300 PM PST TUE DEC 1 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE STORM WATCH TO A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 40 KT INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...REACHING 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BUILD TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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956 WHUS76 KMFR 021109 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 309 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION PZZ370-030000- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 309 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN...INCREASING TO 8 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BUILD TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-356-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ 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- 309 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN AND SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA RIVER. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ PZZ376-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 309 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN INCREASING TO 10 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BUILD TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
915 WHUS76 KMFR 021644 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 844 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 PZZ350-356-030545- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ 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- 844 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN AND SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA RIVER. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ PZZ370-030545- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 844 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN TO 10 TO 14 FEET...THEN BUILDING TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ376-030545- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 844 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON... REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 10 TO 14 FEET...THEN BUILDING TO 18 TO 21 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
101 WHUS76 KMFR 022221 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 221 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 PZZ350-356-031130- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.000000T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ 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- 221 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 18 TO 22 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN AND SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA RIVER. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ PZZ370-031130- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151203T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 221 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET...BUILDING TO 20 TO 24 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ PZZ376-031130- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.151203T0300Z-151204T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 221 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET...BUILDING TO 20 TO 24 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
476 WHUS76 KMFR 031053 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION PZZ370-040000- /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0049.151203T1053Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 253 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN BUILDING TO 20 TO 24 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF ZONE 370. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-376-040000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 253 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 18 TO 22 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN AND SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA RIVER. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
458 WHUS76 KMFR 032307 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 307 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION PZZ350-356-376-041215- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0060.151203T2307Z-151204T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.151204T0300Z-151205T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0004.151205T1200Z-151206T0600Z/ 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 CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 307 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: 10 TO 20 KTS THURSDAY INCREASING TO 40-45 KTS SATURDAY. * SEAS: FRESH SWELL DRIVEN SEAS 18 FEET DECREASING TO 14 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: FOR THE HAZARDOUS SEAS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY... ALL THE WATERS... FOR THE STORM WATCH SATURDAY... THE OUTER WATERS... * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ370-041215- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0060.151203T2307Z-151204T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.151204T0300Z-151205T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0004.151205T1200Z-151206T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 307 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: 12 TO 17 KTS THURSDAY INCREASING TO 40 TO 45 KTS SATURDAY. * SEAS: FRESH SWELL DRIVEN SEAS 18 FEET DECREASING TO 14 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: FOR THE HAZARDOUS SEAS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY... ALL THE WATERS... FOR THE STORM WATCH... THE OUTER WATERS... * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Dec 1, 11:20 AM PST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 11:20 AM PST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1120 AM PST TUE DEC 1 2015
.UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION.
.DISCUSSION...MORNING UPDATE. LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THE SATELLITE IMAGES THAT ARE SHOWING A SLIGHTLY
SLOWER TIMING OF THE PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE COAST TODAY. HAVE
ADJUSTED FOR THIS. SVEN
.DISCUSSION....WE ARE ENTERING A PERIOD OF VERY ACTIVE WEATHER
WHICH WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH THE NEXT 7 TO 10 DAYS. THE FIRST
FRONTAL SYSTEM IN A LONG SERIES OF SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO OUR
WATERS TODAY, ONSHORE TONIGHT, AND THEN STALLS OVER THE AREA
TOMORROW. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL
OCCUR AT THE COAST, AND IN PARTICULAR, AT THE SOUTH COAST. IN
FACT, FRONTS STALLING LIKE THIS CAN BE PRODIGIOUS RAIN MAKERS
ALONG THE CURRY COAST AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS, AND SOMETIMES IT
CAN RAIN FOR DAYS IN SUCH A PATTERN. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO
KEEP AN EYE ON THERE. WHILE WE WILL SEE GALES OVER THE WATERS, WE
DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH WIND OVER LAND AS THIS FRONT IS MORE WET
THAN DYNAMIC.
WE WILL CERTAINLY SEE SOME PRECIPITATION INLAND AS WELL, BUT
THE INLAND VALLEYS WILL LIKELY BE FIGHTING DOWNSLOPING MUCH OF
THE TIME. ONE CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET
ON THE EAST SIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE RISING,
AND COLD AIR WILL REMAIN TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE. AGAIN, WE DON'T
EXPECT MUCH PRECIPITATION, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH FREEZING RAIN
OR SLEET TO CAUSE TROUBLE.
A VERY POTENT UPPER SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE CYCLONE
IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THURSDAY. THE NORTH AMERICAN MODELS ARE ALL
IN AGREEMENT IN BRINGING A SUB 995 MB LOW INSIDE 130W ON THURSDAY
WHICH WILL YIELD POSSIBLE STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE WATERS AND
HIGH WINDS IN THE USUAL LAND SPOTS: COAST, SHASTA VALLEY, AND
EAST SIDE. HIGH WIND WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
MUCH OF THE REST OF OUR AREA MAY SEE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AS
WELL. THIS WILL ALSO BE A REINFORCING SHOT OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AT
THE COAST ON THURSDAY, AND MOST AREAS WILL SEE SOME PRECIPITATION
AS THIS FRONT PUNCHES INLAND LATER THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
OF NOTE: THE ECMWF ISN'T AS STRONG WITH THE SYSTEM, BUT LOOKING
BACK THROUGH ITS RUNS, IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE BOARD WITH THE
STRENGTH OF THURSDAY'S SYSTEM. WE'VE CHOSEN TO STICK WITH THE
MORE CONSISTENT N.A. MODELS.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, THURSDAY'S SYSTEM MAY BE THE FIRST OF
THE SEASON TO BRING HEAVY, WET, UPSLOPE SNOW TO THE SHASTA AREA.
THE MOISTURE AND THERMODYNAMICS ARE ALL THERE, AND THE ONLY
MONKEY WRENCH IS THAT THE WINDS AREN'T PERFECTLY ALIGNED OUT OF
THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. NEVERTHELESS, THERE IS ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO
FORCE SNOW INTO THE FORECAST AND RAMP UP THE AMOUNTS.
THE DOOR STAYS OPEN TO THE PACIFIC THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE FORECAST PERIOD. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE WET SYSTEMS SLOTTED
FOR SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND THEN AGAIN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE
EXTENDED FORECAST HASN'T BEEN CHANGED, BUT THE MODELS ARE
GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT THAT ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE. -WRIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 01/18Z TAF CYCLE...THERE ARE TWO MAIN
CONCERNS THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...TO INCLUDE
LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AT THE COAST AND JUST INLAND...AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR FREEZING RAIN AT KLAMATH FALLS AND OTHER EAST SIDE AREAS. THESE
ARE ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT TAFS.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT IN
THE UMPQUA BASIN WHERE SOME LOWER VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO
LATE MORNING HOURS. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION WILL IMPACT AREAS WEST OF
THE CASCADES THIS EVENING...AND THEN AFFECT THE EAST SIDE LATE
TONIGHT.CIGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR WEST OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT IN
SHOWERS.EAST OF THE CASCADES, VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THERE'S A CHANCE CIGS COULD LOWER TO MVFR AT KLAMATH
FALLS LATE TONIGHT. SK
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 425 AM PST TUESDAY 1 DEC 2015...AN ACTIVE PATTERN
IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEK AHEAD WITH A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS
MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS. THE FIRST OF SEVERAL FRONTS IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO THE WATERS TODAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE TONIGHT
AND THERE'S A CHANCE WE COULD CATCH A RELATIVE BREAK IN BOTH WINDS
AND SEAS AS BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE GFS/NAM ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING
A SUB 995 MB LOW INSIDE OF 130W EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHICH COULD
BRING A CHANCE FOR STORM FORCE WINDS MAINLY OVER THE OUTER WATERS,
BUT IT COULD ALSO AFFECT PARTS OF THE INNER WATERS. THERE IS AT
LEAST MEDIUM CONFIDENCE STORM FORCE CONDITIONS COULD BE MET, THUS
HAVE ISSUED A STORM WATCH FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
IT'S POSSIBLE STORM CONDITIONS WILL ONLY BE MET FOR 6-12 HOURS, BUT
WANTED TO HAVE A BUFFER ZONE FOR THE WATCH, HENCE THE 18 HOUR TIME
PERIOD FOR THE WATCH. SEE MWWMFR FOR MORE DETAILS ON ALL THE
HEADLINES. OF NOTE THE CURRENT RUN OF EC IS THE OUTLIER AND THE PAST
SEVERAL RUNS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE, THEREFORE DECIDED TO
STICK WITH THE MORE CONSISTENT NAM/GFS RUNS. A COUPLE MORE WEAKER
FRONTS WILL PASS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER
STRONGER FRONT POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING.
-PETRUCELLI
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ORZ021.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR ORZ021.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR ORZ030-031.
CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR CAZ085.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CAZ081.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR PZZ356.
GALE WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR
PZZ350-356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR PZZ350.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
PZZ370-376.
GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR
PZZ370-376.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 13 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:03 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 1, 3:00 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 28 hr | |
| Dec 1, 3:50 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 54 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:50 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Jackson, Klamath, Lake | 54 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:51 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 15 hr |
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