Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 10, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jan 26, 2016, 2:54 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 27, 2016, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2016, 2:54 PM PST (22:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2016, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2016, 8:00 AM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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447 WHUS76 KMFR 262254 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .MODERATE WESTERLY SWELL WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A STRONG FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE COASTAL WATERS. GALES AND VERY STEEP, DANGEROUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE, BUT VERY HIGH WESTERLY SWELL WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO EASE OVER THE WEEKEND. PZZ370-271200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0900Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160127T2100Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOUTH GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 15 FT AT 16 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEN...ALL AREAS WILL HAVE GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS PERSIST ALL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-271200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0900Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN...SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 17 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 NM OFFSHORE OF GOLD BEACH TO 60 NM OFFSHORE OF PT ST GEORGE. AREAS OF SOUTH OF THAT LINE WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-271200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0900Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ 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- 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 17 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE, EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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493 WHUS76 KMFR 271024 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .MODERATE WESTERLY SWELL WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS A STRONG FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE COASTAL WATERS. GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH WESTERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND. PZZ370-272330- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160127T2100Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS MORNING. SOUTH GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 15 FT AT 15 SECONDS THROUGH TODAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY THIS EVENING. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THEN...GALES WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...AFFECTING ALL AREAS WITH GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS PERSIST ALL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-272330- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 15 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH TODAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY TONIGHT. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TODAY. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS WILL IMPACT MOST AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE MOST AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY AT LEAST. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-272330- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 15 SECONDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY TONIGHT. STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TODAY...WITH STRONGEST WINDS NEAR CAPE BLANCO. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE... EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
887 WHUS76 KMFR 272255 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE, BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE MAY BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF SOUTH GALES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ370-281200- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160130T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160130T0000Z-160201T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 21 FT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WILL PERSIST FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING, BUT HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-281200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160130T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160130T0000Z-160201T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: BECOMING VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WILL PERSIST FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALMOST ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING, BUT HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-281200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1500Z-160201T0000Z/ 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- 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 15 FT AT 15 SECONDS... BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WILL PERSIST FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
020 WHUS76 KMFR 281027 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS CONTINUE... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ350-356-282330- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1500Z-160131T1800Z/ 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- 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING...REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 13 TO 16 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ONCE GALES SUBSIDE...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-282330- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING...REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-282330- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 17 TO 20 FT THIS MORNING...REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
430 WHUS76 KMFR 281433 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS CONTINUE... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS...NEAR GALE FORCE...FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ350-356-290345- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1600Z-160131T1800Z/ 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- 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 13 TO 16 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ONCE GALES SUBSIDE...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-290345- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-290345- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 17 TO 21 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
555 WHUS76 KMFR 281511 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS CONTINUE... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS...NEAR GALE FORCE...FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ350-356-290415- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1600Z-160131T1800Z/ 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- 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 13 TO 16 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ONCE GALES SUBSIDE...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-290415- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-290415- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 17 TO 21 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 26, 2:51 PM PST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 2:51 PM PST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
251 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016
.DISCUSSION...MAIN EFFORTS TODAY WERE FOCUSED ON THE UPCOMING
RAIN LATER THIS WEEK. MODEL SOLUTIONS HAVE VARIED SOMEWHAT SINCE
YESTERDAY WITH THE RAINFALL IN OUR AREA, BUT THE ECMWF HAS BEEN A
BIT MORE CONSISTENT, AND ALSO MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS ENSEMBLES.
HAVE THEREFORE RELIED ON A BLEND OF THE TWO MODELS FOR THE
FORECAST PERIOD, BUT WITH A HEAVY LEAN TOWARDS THE ECMWF SOLUTION.
UNTIL THIS SYSTEM ARRIVES, WE WILL REMAIN UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. A
WEAK WAVE IS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH ONSHORE TODAY, BUT IS MEETING
HEAVY RESISTANCE FROM THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE, AND THUS IS
DISSIPATING QUICKLY AS IT MOVES ONSHORE. THERE SHOULD BE VERY
LITTLE INDICATION OF THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE, OTHER THAN INCREASED
CLOUDS AND MAYBE A VERY LIGHT SHOWER WEST OF THE CASCADES. EXPECT
A GOOD CHANCE OF ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TONIGHT IN
ALL VALLEYS EAST AND WEST OF THE CASCADES, ESPECIALLY WHERE SKIES
CLEAR OUT OVERNIGHT.
PRECIPITATION...HAVE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME ON THE PRECIPITATION
EVENT BEGINNING ON THURSDAY. THE SOURCE OF THE MOISTURE WILL BE
FROM JUST NORTH OF HAWAII, WHICH WILL RESULT IN WARM AIR AND HIGH
SNOW LEVELS FOR THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION. THE MAIN WEST TO
EAST BELT OF MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO PUSH ONSHORE WELL TO OUR NORTH
TODAY, BUT WILL NOT MAKE A SIGNIFICANT PUSH SOUTH UNTIL THURSDAY.
THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO THE BEHAVIOR OF THIS BELT, AND
WHETHER IT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO OUR FORECAST AREA AND SLOW OR
STALL FOR A TIME BEFORE PUSHING SOUTH, AS THE ECMWF DEPICTS, OR
WHETHER IT WILL PUSH TO OUR SOUTH, SLIDE BACK NORTH, THEN DROP
SOUTH AGAIN AS THE OPERATIONAL GFS SUGGESTS. THE ECMWF SOLUTION
WOULD PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN, WHILE
THE GFS WOULD PRODUCE TWO DISTINCT PERIOD OF RAIN WITH A SHORT
BREAK IN BETWEEN. HAVE OPTED TO TREND TOWARDS THE ECMWF SOLUTION,
AS IT IS IN LINE WITH THE GFS ENSEMBLE, AND THE OPERATIONAL GFS
APPEARS TO BE MORE OF AN OUTLIER. THE RESULTING FORECAST IS FOR
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING WEST TO EAST THURSDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON, THEN REMAINING IN THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS WOULD PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG
AND WEST OF THE CASCADES...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OR MORE ALONG THE
COAST AND INTO THE COASTAL RANGES.
THERE IS SOME CONCERN REGARDING THE WARM HEAVY RAIN ON SNOWPACK,
AS SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO ABOVE 9000 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER, RUNOFF MODELS SUGGEST THERE WILL BE LITTLE
MELT, AS THE SNOWPACK REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND HAS THE
CAPACITY TO ABSORB MUCH OF THE NEW RAIN. THOSE SAME RIVER FLOW
MODELS DO NOT PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG THE MAIN STEM RIVERS, EVEN
WHEN RUN WITH TWICE THE EXPECTED MELTING RATE. DESPITE THIS, WE
WILL NEED TO MONITOR RIVER CONDITIONS ONCE THE EVENT BEGINS TO
ENSURE THERE ARE NO MAJOR SURPRISES. SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN
THE AREA ARE NEAR BANK FULL, AND WITH SATURATED SOILS, MANY OF
THESE MAY FLOOD OR AT LEAST PRODUCE SOME NUISANCE HIGH WATER IN
THE MORE PRONE AREAS. HAVE UPDATED THE ONGOING FLOOD POTENTIAL
OUTLOOK, WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT A AREAL FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY
BE ISSUED LEADING INTO THE EVENT. -BPN
WINDS...WHILE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY, REACHING GALE FORCE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY UNTIL
INLAND AREAS BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE WIND IMPACTS.
FIRST, SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN IN THE SHASTA AND ROGUE
VALLEYS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. HOWEVER, INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL OVERWHELM
THESE WINDS IN THE ROGUE VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE SUMMER LAKE AREA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES
FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 700 MB WINDS ON
THE NAM12 INCREASE TO 70 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD, WHEREAS THEY PEAK AROUND 60 KNOTS ON THE HIGHER RESOLUTION
VERSION OF THE GFS. IF THE NAM12 STICKS WITH ITS WIND FORECAST OR
INCREASES IT, ADDITIONAL HIGH WIND WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED FOR MODOC
COUNTY AND THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS. IN THE SISKIYOUS WINDS ARE
CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO PEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING, DECREASING MID-LATE MORNING. -BTL
LOOKING INTO THE LONG TERM, THE MAJOR BELT OF MOISTURE AND
PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH TO OUR SOUTH, SETTING UP OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
HOWEVER, ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE WHILE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING
DIGS IN SHARPLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE SHOULD SEE A
SIGNIFICANT DROP TEMPERATURES AND SNOW LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES MAY GET COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME LOWER ELEVATION
SNOWS EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS ARE PRODUCING VARIOUS WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION AT VARIOUS TIMES, WITH NO REAL DISCERNIBLE BEST
SOLUTION. THEREFORE, WHILE THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN ANY
PARTICULAR PRECIPITATION EVENT, HAVE KEPT AT LEAST A CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
TERM. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN COLDER TEMPERATURES, SO EXPECT ANY
PRECIPITATION WILL ADD TO THE MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK AS WE HEAD THROUGH
THE EXTENDED PERIOD. -BPN
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 26/18Z TAF CYCLE...
IFR LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST AND LIFR LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE
UPPER KLAMATH BASIN WILL DISSIPATE TODAY...FIRST ALONG THE
COAST...AND NOT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON IN THE KLAMATH BASIN. SOME
VALLEY AREAS IN THE MID AND LOWER KLAMATH BASIN MIGHT NOT CLEAR
TODAY- ESPECIALLY IN THE SHASTA AND SCOTT VALLEYS, BUT SHOULD LIFT
TO AT LEAST IFR. TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING MID AND HIGH
LEVEL CLOUDS ARE LIKELY TO DISRUPT LOW CLOUD AND FOG FORMATION
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER, BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
AT ROSEBURG AND IN THE KLAMATH BASIN. BTL
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 900 AM PST TUESDAY 26 JAN 2016...LONG PERIOD WEST
SWELL WILL BUILD FAIRLY RAPIDLY TODAY...FROM AROUND 7 FEET THIS
MORNING TO AROUND 13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL
BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL THEN
INCREASE SOUTH WINDS FURTHER WEDNESDAY WITH GALES LIKELY WEDNESDAY
EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A HIGH AND LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL
WILL BECOME VERY HIGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. SEAS
WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SATURDAY.
WEST SWELL IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO PEAK AROUND 18 FEET AT 18
SECONDS ON THURSDAY. BTL
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY FOR
ORZ021-022.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ORZ030-031.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-376.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7
PM PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ370.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY
FOR PZZ370-376.
GALE WARNING FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
PZZ370.
BPN/BTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2:48 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 34 hr | |
| Jan 26, 2:32 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 48 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:54 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 67 hr | |
| Jan 26, 2:54 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 6 days | |
| Jan 26, 3:09 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 3 days |
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