Gale Warning 40, NWS Medford, OR

181 
WHUS76 KMFR 250922
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
222 AM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

PZZ356-252230-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160626T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0040.160625T2100Z-160626T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
222 AM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 SM PDT SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 KT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30
  KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  VERY STEEP AT 8 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS
  BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GALES ARE EXPECTED
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL
  IMPACT ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY EVENING.

* 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-252230-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0048.160625T2100Z-160626T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
222 AM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2
AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
2 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 KT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25
  KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  VERY STEEP AT 8 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
  ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY EVENING...WITH VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS BETWEEN 5 AND 20 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF BANDON
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-252230-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160627T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0040.160625T2100Z-160626T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
222 AM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 KT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35
  KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 14 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  BETWEEN 5 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GALES ARE
  EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AND 20 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
  CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY
  EVENING.

* 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

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

779 
WHUS76 KMFR 252203
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
303 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016



PZZ356-261115-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160626T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160626T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
303 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET...BECOMING VERY STEEP AT
  7 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STEEP CHOPPY SEAS
  OF 6 TO 8 FEET LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS
  BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GALES ARE EXPECTED
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL
  IMPACT ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-261115-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160626T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160627T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
303 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING...THEN NORTH 20 TO 30 KT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 10 FEET SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH STEEP SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET
  MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  BETWEEN 5 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GALES ARE
  EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AND 20 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
  CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT.

* 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-261115-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160626T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
303 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SUNDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN
  NORTH 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 20
  KT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY
  STEEP AT 7 TO 10 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STEEP 6
  TO 8 FT SEAS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED 
  IN ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY EVENING...WITH VERY STEEP 
  AND HAZARDOUS SEAS BETWEEN 5 AND 20 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF 
  BANDON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

360 
WHUS76 KMFR 260302 AAA
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
802 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

PZZ356-261615-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160626T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
802 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING
TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS EVENING THEN 15 TO 25 KT
  OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN 7 TO 10 FEET THIS EVENING...THEN STEEP AND
  CHOPPY 6 TO 8 FEET OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS
  BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. OTHERWISE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT
  ALL AREAS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-261615-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160626T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
802 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. 

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...THEN NORTH 15 TO
  20 KT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN 6 TO 8 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
  ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-261615-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160627T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-160628T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
802 PM PDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
MONDAY... 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT THIS
  EVENING...THEN NORTH 20 TO 30 KT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AND VERY STEEP 8 TO 12 FEET THIS
  EVENING...GRADUALLY EASING TO 8 TO 10 FEET OVERNIGHT INTO
  SUNDAY. SEAS REMAINING STEEP AT 7 TO 9 FEET MONDAY AND MONDAY
  NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED...GALES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 20 NM FROM
  SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THIS EVENING. VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE THIS
  EVENING. OTHERWISE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT
  ALL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

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.

&&

$$

MAS

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
837 AM PDT FRI JUN 24 2016

.DISCUSSION...No updates needed this morning. Yesterday's front
has moved on, and the upper trough axis is swinging through right
now. We could squeeze out a light shower in the upslope areas of
the Cascades and foothills north of Crater Lake this morning.
Elsewhere, it will remain mostly sunny, and while there will be
some cumulus from time to time, a strong capping inversion will
prevent anything more than weak, shallow convection. Today will be
the last really mild day of possibly the entire summer with highs
still below normal (around 80 in Medford). By tomorrow, summer
heat returns with temperatures at least 5 degrees above normal
through the rest of the forecast period. -Wright

&&

.AVIATION...For the 24/12Z TAF cycle...Satellite imagery and
surface observations indicate predominantly MVFR ceilings along
the coast and into the Umpqua basin this morning. Most areas
should clear to VFR later this morning when a drier air mass moves
in. Elsewhere, VFR cigs will continue for the next 24 hours.
-BPN/SK

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 100 AM PDT FRI JUN 24 2016/

DISCUSSION...24/00Z NAM/GFS/EC in.

A long wave upper level trough is now moving through the Pacific
Northwest. The associated surface front has now moved off to the
east. The associated precipitation has been light and most of it
fell along the coast and in the Umpqua Basin...along with the
adjacent Cascades. Recorded amounts were mostly less than 0.10
inches...but a number of stations along the coast reported 0.10
to 0.50 inches. Precipitation is diminishing now and should end
later this morning.

That's all the precipitation that will fall over the Medford CWA
for at least the next week...except possibly some drizzle near the
coast. A broad ridge will build over the area...forcing the storm
track well to the north of the area. Once the frontal clouds
clear...skies will be mostly clear over the area except for marine
stratus over the coastal waters...moving into the coast and Umpqua
Basin in the night through morning hours. A short wave embedded
in southwest flow aloft may bring some drizzle to the coast Sunday
night into Monday. The 24/00Z GFS solution hints at some
convection on Monday afternoon and evening due to that same short
wave...but less than depicted in the 23/18z solution. It looks to
be quite dry then so will just keep the current ghost POPs in the
forecast for now.

The relatively cool temperatures will last one more day...the
inland highs on Friday will be around 5 to 10 degrees below
normal. High temperatures along the coast will be near
normal...except for the Brookings area...where low level easterly
flow will allow temperatures to warm to about 10 degrees above
normal. High temperatures on Monday will be similar to the Sunday
highs...but the lows will be several degrees warmer.

However...temperatures will warm quickly as the ridge builds in.
Inland highs on Saturday will bounce back up to around 5 degrees
above normal. Sunday highs will be warmer still...5 to 10 degrees
above normal. High temperatures on Monday will be similar to the
Sunday highs...but the lows will be several degrees warmer.

Long term discussion from the Thursday afternoon AFD...Tue June
28th - Friday July 1st) The models remain in pretty good agreement
in the extended with a few minor differences in details. The mean
ridge is expected to be positioned southeast of the forecast area,
so were not expecting any major heat wave. Max temperatures will
heat up, but were not expecting anything of significance with
readings averaging 10-15 degrees above normal. Odds are we'll
remain dry through the extended period.

MARINE...Updated 200 AM PDT Fri 24 June 2016...A thermal trough
will redevelop today...bringing a return of strong north winds and
very steep wind driven seas to the coastal waters through the
weekend. Winds and seas will peak in the afternoons and evenings,
with the most hazardous conditions expected south of Cape Blanco.
This pattern will continue through much of next week. -BPN

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.

CA...None.

Pacific Coastal Waters...Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM PDT
     Sunday for PZZ350-356-370-376.
     Hazardous Seas Warning from 5 PM this afternoon to 5 AM PDT
     Sunday for PZZ356-376.