Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm warning at Apr 5, 2015, 2:04 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Apr 6, 2015, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 19 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2015, 2:04 PM PDT (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2015, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2015, 11:54 AM PDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Siskiyou County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:00 AM PDT | SNOW 5 | Tennant, CA | SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION W SHORE IRON GATE LAKE. |
| Apr 7, 8:05 AM PDT | SNOW 6 | 2 Ssw Weed, CA | SNOW DURATION 6 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 2 MILES WEST OF WEED. |
| Apr 7, 8:40 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Nw Mount Shasta, CA | 12 HOUR SNOW TOTAL. |
| Apr 7, 8:49 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | 4 Sw Weed, CA | 8 HOUR TOTAL ENDING 8 AM PDT. |
| Apr 7, 9:00 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Mount Shasta, CA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 4 OF SNOW BEGINNING AT AROUND 5 OR 5:30 AM. STILL SNOWING. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION IN MT. SHASTA; NORTHERN PART OF TOWN. |
| Apr 7, 9:00 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 Wsw Mount Shasta, CA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS AN ESTIMATED 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE IT BEGAN SNOWING AT MIDNIGHT. IT WAS WINDY, SO THERE MAY BE A FEW DRIFTS AROUND. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL FALLING. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 9 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 1.2 MILES WEST OF I-5 & LASSEN LN.. |
| Apr 7, 9:40 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 3 Nw Mount Shasta, CA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 10.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEGINNING LAST NIGHT. FLURRIES ARE STILL ONGOING. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT. |
| Apr 7, 10:00 AM PDT | SNOW 5 | 2 S Mccloud, CA | 0.96 LIQUID EQUIVALENT SNOW DURATION 6 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 3 MILES SOUTH OF MCCLOUD. |
| Apr 7, 10:00 AM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 Ssw Weed, CA | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 8 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 2 MILES WEST OF WEED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932 WWUS46 KMFR 052104 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 .A COLD AND SHOWERY SYSTEM WILL BRING HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. A RELATIVE BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...THEN A SECOND STORM WILL ARRIVE MONDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW TO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING MOUNT SHASTA CITY STARTING MONDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. CAZ082-060600- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. A FOOT OR MORE IS POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PERIODS OF WET SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES BELOW 3500 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM A SECOND STORM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: ROADS MAINLY WET OR SLUSHY BELOW 3500 FEET...SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS EVENING... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 89. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS... AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING...SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ083-060600- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PERIODS OF WET SNOW...MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM A SECOND STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT AND HIGHWAY 97. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 97. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-060600- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PERIODS OF WET SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM A SECOND STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA AND CALLAHAN. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 AND SAWYERS BAR ROAD. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING...SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ081-060600- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR 8 INCHES NEAR WEED. * TIMING: MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO WEED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ027-028-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRATER LAKE 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 140. 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR CRATER LAKE AND DIAMOND LAKE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF WET SNOW THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...LAKE OF THE WOODS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAYS 140... 62...138 AND 238. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ORZ029>031-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF WET SNOW THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CHEMULT...CRESCENT AND HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF BLY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 97 NEAR CHEMULT AND HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF BLY. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ085-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- 204 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF WET SNOW THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 299 EAST OF ALTURAS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 299 EAST OF ALTURAS. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PETRUCELLI
5 follow-up statements
886 WWUS46 KMFR 060620 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1120 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 .SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD, WET STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, TO THE REGION MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING INTERSTATE-5 AROUND MOUNT SHASTA CITY. CAZ080-061900- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 1120 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE MONDAY EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ETNA AND CALLAHAN. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 AND SAWYERS BAR ROAD. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY... CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ082-061900- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 1120 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE MONDAY EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS, INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 89. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS... AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING...SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ083-061900- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1120 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE MONDAY EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TENNANT AND HIGHWAY 97. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS, INCLUDING HIGHWAY 89. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ085-ORZ027>031-060730- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150406T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1120 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. ANOTHER STORM MAY BRING SNOW MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$ CAZ081-061900- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 1120 PM PDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR 8 INCHES NEAR WEED. * TIMING: MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO WEED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WRIGHT
683 WWUS46 KMFR 060931 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 231 AM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD...WET STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AROUND MOUNT SHASTA CITY. CAZ083-062315- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 231 AM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS SOUTH OF TENNANT...ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NEAR GRASS LAKE AND HIGHWAY 89 NEAR PONDOSA. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS... INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ082-062315- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 231 AM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 89. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING...SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-062315- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 231 AM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CALLAHAN AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE ETNA. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 AND SAWYERS BAR ROAD. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING...SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ081-062315- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 231 AM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR 6 INCHES NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF WEED. * TIMING: THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO WEED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SPILDE
839 WWUS46 KMFR 062102 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 202 PM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... A COLD...WET STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AROUND MOUNT SHASTA CITY. CAZ083-071200- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0300Z-150407T1800Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 202 PM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM 11 PM PDT MONDAY UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS SOUTH OF TENNANT...ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NEAR GRASS LAKE AND HIGHWAY 89 NEAR PONDOSA. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ082-071200- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0300Z-150407T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 202 PM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: WET SNOW WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM 11 PM PDT MONDAY UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 89. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING...SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-071200- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0001.150407T0000Z-150407T1800Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 202 PM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES, EXCEPT FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES ON HIGHWAY 3 EAST OF FORT JONES. * ELEVATION: CALLAHAN AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE ETNA. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CALLAHAN AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE ETNA. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 AND SAWYERS BAR ROAD. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ081-071200- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.150407T0300Z-150407T1800Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 202 PM PDT MON APR 6 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR 6 INCHES NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF WEED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM 11 PM PDT MONDAY UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY NEAR WEED. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO WEED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PETRUCELLI
362 WWUS46 KMFR 070911 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 211 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... A COLD...WET STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH- CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AROUND MOUNT SHASTA CITY. CAZ083-072115- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150408T0000Z/ NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 211 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AREAS SOUTH OF TENNANT...ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NEAR GRASS LAKE AND HIGHWAY 89 NEAR PONDOSA. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 89 AND 97. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ082-072115- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150408T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD 211 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD. * IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 89. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING...SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CAZ080-072115- /O.EXT.KMFR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150408T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ETNA 211 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES... EXCEPT FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES ON HIGHWAY 3 EAST OF FORT JONES. * ELEVATION: CALLAHAN AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE ETNA. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CALLAHAN AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE ETNA. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 AND SAWYERS BAR ROAD. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...DUE TO AN EARLY START TO SPRING... SOME TREES ALREADY HAVE LEAVES. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ORZ027-028-072115- /O.EXB.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.150407T1200Z-150408T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE 211 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...HIGHWAYS 138...230...AND 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE AND DIAMOND LAKE...DEAD INDIAN MEMORIAL ROAD EAST OF ASHLAND...AND MT ASHLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS AND PASSES. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ081-072115- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150408T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEED 211 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR 6 INCHES NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF WEED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEED. HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR WEED. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 3 SOUTHEAST OF YREKA AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WEED. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MORE LIKELY THIS MORNING. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO WEED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
395 WWUS46 KMFR 071854 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1154 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 CAZ080-082-083-072000- /O.CAN.KMFR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150408T0000Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1154 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ CAZ081-072000- /O.CAN.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150408T0000Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1154 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ ORZ027-028-080300- /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150408T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE 1154 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS... HIGHWAYS 138...230...AND 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE AND DIAMOND LAKE... DEAD INDIAN MEMORIAL ROAD EAST OF ASHLAND...AND MT ASHLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS AND PASSES. EXPECT SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS. IF TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY...CARRY TIRE CHAINS... AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter 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 winter storm warning went out at Apr 5, 8:53 AM PDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 8:53 AM PDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
853 AM PDT SUN APR 5 2015
.DISCUSSION...MADE A FEW REFINEMENTS TO THE FORECAST TODAY, BUT
THE OVERALL IDEA REMAINS THE SAME. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGE
SHOWS THE UPPER LOW DIGGING SOUTH ALONG THE OREGON COAST. THE IR
IMAGE SHOWS PLENTY OF COLD CLOUD TOPS WHICH IS AN INDICATOR OF A
COLD AIR MASS ALOFT AND THIS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE
DAY. THEREFORE WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAINS
SNOW SHOWERS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD AIR ALOFT MOVES OVERHEAD, THIS WILL
INCREASE THE INSTABILITY ENOUGH FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST
ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO MODERATE TO HEAVY
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SMALL HAIL/GRAUPEL THIS AFTERNOON. SO
FAR ROADS OVER THE HIGHER PASSES ARE WET, BUT THERE'S STILL A
CHANCE THEY COULD BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED IF HEAVIER SNOW
SHOWERS ARE PRESENT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
INTO THIS EVENING. SEE WSWMFR FOR MORE DETAILS.
THE 12Z NAM AND GFS ARE STARTING TO COME IN AND BOTH INDICATE THE
MAIN SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT WITH VERY WEAK
RIDING BUILDING IN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS COULD BRING A
RELATIVE BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WITH A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUD
COVER.
THE NEXT AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW FOR
THE MOUNTS SHASTA AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE 12Z
NAM AND GFS ARE IN SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT
OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPIATION. WE'LL LOOK AT THIS IN MORE DETAIL
THIS MORNING AND IT'S POSSIBLE THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE
UPGRADED TO A WARNING THIS AFTERNOON. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 05/12Z TAF CYCLE...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING
RAIN TO THE SOUTH COAST AND A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO NORCAL AND
EAST SIDE OREGON. TERMINALS IN THESE AREAS (INCLUDING KLMT) WILL
GENERALLY HAVE MVFR CONDITIONS, BUT MOUNTAINS WILL BE OBSCURED. THE
ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
COAST AND SW OREGON. /FB
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 230 AM PDT SUNDAY APR 2015...A LOW PRESSURE WILL
APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST...BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COASTAL
WATERS MONDAY. SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
ADVISORY LEVELS MONDAY WITH GALE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO. THE
LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHERN OREGON
COAST THEN COME INLAND NEAR CAPE ARAGO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CHAOTIC
SEAS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. /FB
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 417 AM PDT SUN APR 5 2015/
DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR 48N AND 134W EARLY THIS
EASTER SUNDAY MORNING WILL DIG SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST
TODAY. STRONG PVA IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM IS GENERATING SOME
MAINLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION FROM THE CASCADES TO THE EAST SIDE
THIS MORNING WITH A MORE SIGNIFICANT AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. THIS COINCIDES WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF A COLD
POOL ALOFT (-30 TO -33C AT 500 MB). IR SATELLITE IMAGERY IS
SHOWING THE COLDER CLOUD TOPS OFFSHORE AND THERE HAVE BEEN
SEVERAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES THERE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE TODAY AS THE COLD AIR ALOFT
ARRIVES OVERHEAD. THUNDER CHANCES ARE BEST ALONG THE COAST THIS
MORNING, THEN JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY OF THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL/GRAUPEL. SNOW LEVELS 3500-4500 FEET THIS MORNING WILL HOVER
AT THESE LEVELS FOR A WHILE, BUT EXPECT THEM TO DROP SOME BY THIS
EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS
EVENING...DETAILS OF WHICH CAN BE VIEWED AT WSWMFR.
THE LEAD SHORT WAVE WILL ADVANCE TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE
CWA THIS EVENING AND MOST AREAS WILL SEE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION
OVERNIGHT. WITH THE COLDER AIR MASS OVER THE AREA...WE'LL HAVE
LOWER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. PORTIONS OF THE SHASTA VALLEY ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 20S, SO A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED. LINGERING CLOUD COVER MAY PREVENT THE FREEZE IN SOME
AREAS, BUT FELT THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE SKIES WOULD BREAK
FOR A WHILE.
HERE'S WHERE THINGS GET INTERESTING. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL
CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTHWARD OFF THE OREGON COAST TO A POSITION ABOUT
200 MILES OFF BROOKINGS. THIS WILL BACK THE 850 FLOW TO THE SOUTH
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY 700 MB WINDS
NEARING 50KT WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY MID-LATE
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE AT NIGHT. THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD SET UP FOR
HEAVY WET SNOW IN AND AROUND MOUNT SHASTA CITY, CALIFORNIA. MODELS
CURRENTLY HAVE A GOOD 6-12 HOUR PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE GFS IS FASTEST IN
MOVING THE BEST UPSLOPE FLOW TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT...BUT THE ECMWF
IS SLOWER HOLDING ONTO IT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THERE ARE
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES...LIKE THE EXACT TRACK AND DEPTH OF A
SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OFFSHORE, BUT WITH GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT,
850 TEMPS OF -2 TO -3C AND FAVORABLE 1000-700 MB THICKNESS VALUES
BELOW 2840M...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN A SIZABLE SNOWSTORM. IT
COULD BE VERY IMPACTFUL...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR AND
AFTER A WINTER WHERE VERY LITTLE SNOW HAS FALLEN. A WINTER STORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING AND WILL ALLOW THE DAY SHIFT TO GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE
LATEST GUIDANCE TO SEE ABOUT POTENTIAL WARNING HEADLINES. EITHER
WAY, THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BRING WELCOME SNOW PACK TO THE MOUNTAINS.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW, WINDS THROUGH THE SHASTA VALLEY SHOULD
SOLIDLY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. HAVE
KEPT THEM BELOW WARNING LEVELS FOR NOW SINCE PRESSURE GRADIENTS
FROM RDD-MFR ARE ONLY SHOWN TO BE ABOUT 3-5MB. SOME GUSTY
SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY ALSO SURFACE IN THE ROGUE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY
DOWN NEAR ASHLAND. THERE WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE DOWNSLOPE
COMPONENT, SO PRECIPITATION NORTH OF THE OR/CA BORDER WILL BE
SPOTTIER.
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ONSHORE INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH A SHOWERY PATTERN CONTINUING. SPILDE
EXTENDED FORECAST FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON'S AFD...NO CHANGES...ON
WEDNESDAY, THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO SHIFT EAST INTO NEVADA.
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS LOW, EXPECT SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER THE AREA, MAINLY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES. THEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA
FORM THE WEST BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. THIS WILL ALSO
BRING PARTIAL CLEARING OF SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING VERY COOL MORNING
TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS FORECAST IN THE MID 20S EAST OF THE
CASCADES AND IN THE 30S FOR INLAND VALLEYS WEST OF THE CASCADES.
DAYTIME HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL
WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S EAST OF THE
CASCADES AND IN THE MID 60S FOR INLAND WEST SIDE VALLEYS. THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PERSIST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THEN ANOTHER
FRONTAL SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO THE AREA FROM
THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION, MAINLY FROM THE CASCADES WEST. /CC
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
ORZ029>031-624-625.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
ORZ027-028-617-623.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500
FEET FOR FOR ORZ621.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR FOR ORZ621.
CA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500
FEET FOR FOR CAZ080-280.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR FOR CAZ080-280.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
CAZ082-282.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR CAZ082-083-282-284.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT MONDAY FOR CAZ081-281.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
CAZ083-085-284-285.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
PZZ356-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR PZZ356-376.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:19 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 31 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:04 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 66 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:15 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 42 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.