Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jan 7, 2016, 7:32 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 8, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2016, 7:32 PM PST (03:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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947 WHUS76 KMFR 080332 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 PZZ370-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0001.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0001.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN LIKELY INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL AREAS...THEN GENERALLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE FROM EARLY TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN...CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXPAND AGAIN TO AFFECT ALL AREAS EXCEPT WITHIN 2SM FROM SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND FURTHER TO AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PZZ350-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL AREAS...THEN GENERALLY BEYOND 4NM FROM SHORE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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337 WHUS76 KMFR 080839 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1239 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ370-376-082145- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1239 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-082145- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1239 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL AREAS...THEN GENERALLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE FROM EARLY TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN...CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXPAND AGAIN TO AFFECT ALL AREAS EXCEPT WITHIN 2SM FROM SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND FURTHER TO AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
972 WHUS76 KMFR 081158 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 358 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ370-376-090100- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 358 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 12 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE TODAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-090100- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 358 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR BOTH WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS COMES IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 35 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET THIS MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL GENERALLY BE BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE FROM EARLY TO LATE THIS MORNING EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN...CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXPAND AGAIN TO AFFECT ALL AREAS EXCEPT WITHIN 2NM FROM SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND FURTHER TO AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
289 WHUS76 KMFR 082255 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ370-091200- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2255Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T0600Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING AND AFFECT MOST AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ PZZ376-091200- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2255Z-160109T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T1200Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING AND AFFECT MOST AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-091200- /O.UPG.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2255Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T0600Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0600Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160110T1800Z/ 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 FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. GALES OF 35 KT IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET THIS EVENING. BECOMING VERY STEEP AND PEAKING AT 11 TO 13 FEET BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A 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 MEANS THAT BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
452 WHUS76 KMFR 090755 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ350-356-091200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160110T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT OVERNIGHT. SOUTH GALES OF 35 KT IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AND PEAKING AT 11 TO 13 FEET BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON... BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-091200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ PZZ376-091200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T1200Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
227 WHUS76 KMFR 091212 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 PZZ350-356-091800- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160110T1800Z/ 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- 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP AT 12 FEET AND 9 SECOND. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ370-091800- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST... * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KNOTS. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP AT 13 FEET AND 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-091800- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST... * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP AT 12 FEET AND 9 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ 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 7, 4:10 PM PST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 4:10 PM PST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
410 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016
.UPDATED AVIATION AND MARINE DISCUSSIONS.
.DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM. THE CLOSED UPPER LOW ON THE CENTRAL
OREGON COAST IS OPENING AND SWINGING ANOTHER SHORT WAVE INTO THE
REGION THIS EVENING. SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA AND SLOWLY
DISSIPATE AS AN UPPER RIDGE NUDGES INTO THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING.
THE BREAK IN THE ACTION WILL BE BRIEF HOWEVER AS A WESTERLY 110KT
JET QUICKLY ERODES THE UPPER RIDGE AND USHERS ANOTHER SYSTEM ONTO
THE COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM COMES IN ON A SYNOPTICALLY
FAVORABLE KISSING JET PATTERN THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING IF IT
WERE JUNE AND WE HAD A STRONG BL FLOW FROM THE SOUTH FEEDING INTO
THE REGION PRECEDING THIS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER...THIS IS
NOT THE CASE AND THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW IS WITH THE WARM
CONVEYOR FLOW WITH THE FRONT...WHICH IS STILL FAVORABLE FOR A
DECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIP EVENT. THE STRONG WARM CONVEYOR FLOW WILL
KEEP SNOW LEVELS ABOVE THE LOWER PASSES FOR THE BULK OF THE EVENT
EXCEPT FOR THE TAIL END OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WHERE SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP BRIEFLY BELOW 3000 FT. ANOTHER UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND ON SUNDAY BEFORE ANOTHER JET DIGS BENEATH THE
RIDGE...SKIRTING ANOTHER SYSTEM THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN OREGON
AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY. SVEN
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...COMPARED TO THE MODEL
FORECAST FOR MONDAY THAT WAS GENERATED YESTERDAY...THE 12Z GFS AND
ECMWF HAVE TRENDED TOWARD EACH OTHER. THE ECMWF IS A FEW HOURS
FASTER THAN ITS PREVIOUS SOLUTION WHILE THE GFS NOW JOINS THE ECMWF
IN SENDING THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. WITH THIS GREATER AGREEMENT...THE PROBABILITY
OF PRECIPITATION WAS INCREASED FOR CURRY COUNTY...AND WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. THERE IS STILL MODERATE UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING SNOW LEVELS BUT THEY ARE GENERALLY FORECAST TO BE AT 3500
TO 4500 FEET MSL. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO FOLLOW THE RECENT TREND WITH
A SPLIT FLOW ALOFT AND THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH OF OUR AREA.
A WEAKENING UPPER TROUGH IS LIKELY TO FOLLOW MONDAY NIGHT WITH
SCATTERED TO BROKEN MID-LEVEL CLOUD COVER AND A SLIGHT CHANCE TO
CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS WITH SNOW LEVELS REMAINING
AROUND 4000 TO 4500 FEET MSL. THE ECMWF IS MORE PROGRESSIVE IN
EXITING THE TROUGH TO THE EAST ON TUESDAY WHILE THE GFS WEAKENS IT
IN PLACE OVER OUR AREA. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WERE ISSUED AS BOTH
SOLUTIONS WOULD RESULT IN LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY. THE
DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE GFS WOULD LEAD TO A FEW LIGHT LINGERING
INSTABILITY SHOWERS/SNOW FLURRIES WHILE THE ECMWF WOULD BRING A FEW
LIGHT OVERRUNNING SHOWERS FOCUSED ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
THE ECMWF REMAINS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE GFS BUT THERE IS HIGHER
CONFIDENCE THAT A STRONGER THOUGH STILL ONLY MODERATELY STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL AT LEAST REACH THE COAST BY THE END OF TUESDAY
NIGHT...POSSIBLY TO THE CASCADES. IT WILL THEN MOVE INLAND AND
WEAKEN ON WEDNESDAY. THE GFS INDICATES A GREATER DEGREE OF WEAKENING
AND IS NOT AS STRONG/WET IN THE FIRST PLACE WITH THE SOUTHERN BRANCH
OF THE SPLIT FLOW. AS WITH THE EARLIER SYSTEM...THE HIGHEST
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
CASCADES...THOUGH THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF BRINGING
AT LEAST A MEASURABLE AMOUNT PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR AREA. CURRY
COUNTY RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE AROUND AN INCH WITH LARGELY LESS THAN
A QUARTER OF AN INCH INLAND. LIGHT POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
RIDGING OF UNCERTAIN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW ON THURSDAY.
HAVE CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AS A BLEND BETWEEN THE
STRONGER/DRIER RIDGING OF THE GFS THAT WOULD GENERATE AREAS OF
MORNING VALLEY FOG...AND THE WEAKER RIDGING WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES
INDICATED BY THE ECMWF THAT WOULD PRODUCE LIGHT MAINLY WEST SIDE
SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. -DW
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 08/00Z TAF CYCLE...A FRONT WILL BRING A MIX OF
MVFR AND VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WITH LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW AND
AREAS OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
ISOLATED AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN THE UMPQUA BASIN
ESPECIALLY. PRECIPITATION AND LOWER CEILINGS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD
FROM THE CASCADES WESTWARD. A FEW SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL
LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS ALOFT BUT
VALLEY IFR AND MVFR FROM AROUND 10Z THROUGH 18Z. CONDITIONS BRIEFLY
IMPROVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT ON FRIDAY NIGHT.DW/SK
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 400 PM PST THURSDAY 7 JAN 2016...LONG PERIOD
WEST SWELL WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BUT REMAIN HIGH THROUGH FRIDAY.
A STRONG FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES...MAINLY OVER THE OUTER WATERS. THERE
IS LOWER THAN NORMAL CONFIDENCE AS TO THE OVERALL INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE OF THE GALES...AND HAVE LEFT AS A WATCH FOR NOW. ANOTHER
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SK
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM
PST SUNDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
PZZ370-376.
SBN/SBN/SBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2:55 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 19 hr | |
| Jan 8, 2:55 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 61 hr | |
| Jan 8, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 20 hr |
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