Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jan 15, 2016, 3:05 AM PST. It took effect at Jan 15, 2016, 3:17 PM PST. It was in force for 41 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2016, 3:05 AM PST (11:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2016, 3:17 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 8:27 AM PST
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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981 WHUS76 KMFR 151105 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 305 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 PZZ350-356-160015- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160116T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0011.160115T1105Z-160116T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0004.160116T0300Z-160116T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0007.160116T0300Z-160116T1800Z/ 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- 305 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 KT BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON THEN RISING TO SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED STORM FORCE GUSTS OF 55 KT POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FROM CAPE BLANCO NORTHWARD. * SEAS: STEEP WEST SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET AT 12 SECONDS TODAY...BECOMING VERY STEEP...WIND DOMINATED SEAS OF 12 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS TODAY...THEN GALES AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING EXCEPT FOR SLIGHTLY LOWER WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTHWARD. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-160015- /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0011.160115T1105Z-160116T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160116T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0004.160116T0300Z-160116T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0007.160116T0000Z-160116T1800Z/ 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- 305 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 KT BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON THEN RISING TO SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED STORM FORCE GUSTS OF 55 KT POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FROM CAPE BLANCO NORTHWARD. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WEST SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET AT 12 SECONDS TODAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 14 TO 18 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT MOST AREAS BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE TODAY EXCEPT FOR STEEP SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WITHIN 25 NM OF SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTHWARD. GALES WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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170 WHUS76 KMFR 152317 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 317 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...VERY ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A SERIES OF STRONG SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS THIS WEEKEND. THE GALES FROM THESE SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY HIGH AND SWELL WHICH WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS BAR CROSSING CONDITIONS AS WELL. THE LONGEST PERIOD SWELL WILL BE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. PZZ370-376-161230- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160116T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-160116T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0007.160115T2317Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0009.160117T1800Z-160118T1200Z/ 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- 317 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: RISING TO SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY STRENGTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: BUILDING TO VERY STEEP...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 18 TO 21 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. VERY HIGH AND VERY LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL OF 20 FT AT 20 SECONDS MOVE IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING VERY HAZARDOUS BAR CROSSING CONDITIONS. WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AT 19 TO 23 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS BEYOND A COUPLE OF MILES...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES...WITH HAZARDOUS SEAS AFFECTING ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-161230- /O.UPG.KMFR.SC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-160116T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0009.160115T2317Z-160118T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0007.160115T2317Z-160117T1800Z/ 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- 317 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: RISING TO SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY STRENGTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: BUILDING TO VERY STEEP...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 18 TO 21 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. VERY HIGH AND VERY LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL OF 20 FT AT 20 SECONDS MOVE IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING VERY HAZARDOUS BAR CROSSING CONDITIONS. WIND DRIVEN SEAS RISE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AT 19 TO 23 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS BEYOND A COUPLE OF MILES...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES...WITH HAZARDOUS SEAS AFFECTING ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ SVEN HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
607 WHUS76 KMFR 161039 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 239 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...VERY ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A SERIES OF STRONG SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS THIS WEEKEND. THE GALES FROM THESE SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY HIGH AND SWELL WHICH WILL BRING VERY HAZARDOUS BAR CROSSING CONDITIONS AS WELL. THE LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL IS EXPECTED TO PEAK AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PZZ350-356-162345- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ 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- 239 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY STRENGTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF AROUND 18 FEET THIS MORNING. LARGE...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL RAPIDLY BUILD INTO THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEAS OF AROUND 20 FT AT 20 SECONDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS BAR CROSSING CONDITIONS. LARGE WEST SWELL COMBINED WITH VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WILL BRING INCREASED SEAS OF 19 TO 23 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL AFFECT MOST ALL AREAS EXCEPT FOR LIGHTER WINDS WITHIN 3 NM OF SHORE NORTH OF COOS BAY AND WIND 5 NM OF SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-162345- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0009.160117T1800Z-160118T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 239 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY STRENGTH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF AROUND 18 FEET THIS MORNING. LARGE...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL RAPIDLY BUILD INTO THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEAS OF AROUND 20 FT AT 20 SECONDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE WEST SWELL COMBINED WITH VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WILL BRING INCREASED SEAS OF 19 TO 23 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE AREA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
852 WHUS76 KMFR 162315 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 315 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 PZZ350-356-171215- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ 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- 315 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP...VERY HIGH...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEAS OF AROUND 20 FT AT 20 SECONDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS BAR CROSSING CONDITIONS. LARGE WEST SWELL COMBINED WITH VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WILL BRING INCREASED SEAS OF 19 TO 23 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL AFFECT MOST ALL AREAS EXCEPT FOR LIGHTER WINDS WITHIN 3 NM OF SHORE NORTH OF COOS BAY AND WIND 5 NM OF SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-171215- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0009.160117T1800Z-160118T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 315 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP...VERY HIGH...LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEAS OF AROUND 20 FT AT 20 SECONDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS BAR CROSSING CONDITIONS. LARGE WEST SWELL COMBINED WITH VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WILL BRING INCREASED SEAS OF 19 TO 23 FEET TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE AREA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
940 WHUS76 KMFR 171004 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 204 AM PST SUN JAN 17 2016 PZZ350-356-172315- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ 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- 204 AM PST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 20 TO 25 KT BY LATE THIS MORNING. * SEAS: LARGE WEST SWELL COMBINED WITH VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WILL BRING VERY HIGH SEAS OF 18 TO 20 FEET THIS MORNING. VERY HIGH SEAS...DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL AT 16 SECONDS...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL AFFECT MOST ALL AREAS EXCEPT FOR LIGHTER WINDS WITHIN 3 NM OF SHORE NORTH OF COOS BAY AND WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-172315- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0009.160117T1800Z-160118T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 204 AM PST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL LOWER FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS MORNING...DECREASING TO AROUND 20 KT BY LATE THIS MORNING. * SEAS: LARGE WEST SWELL COMBINED WITH VERY STEEP WIND WAVES WILL BRING VERY HIGH SEAS OF 18 TO 20 FEET THIS MORNING. VERY HIGH SEAS...DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL AT 16 SECONDS...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE AREA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
934 WHUS76 KMFR 171627 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 827 AM PST SUN JAN 17 2016 PZZ350-356-180000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160118T1200Z/ 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- 827 AM PST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... * SEAS: HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO AROUND 20 FEET 16 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-376-180000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0009.160117T1627Z-160118T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 827 AM PST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... * SEAS: HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO AROUND 20 FEET 16 SECONDS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ 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 14, 10:36 PM PST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 10:36 PM PST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1036 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016
.UPDATE...SEE THE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
.AVIATION...FOR THE 15/06Z TAF CYCLE...A COLD POOL ALOFT HAS
MOVEDONSHORE BEHIND THE OCCLUDED FRONT...MAKING STRATIFORM
PRECIPITATIONTURN MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE. WIDESPREAD MVFR WILL
OCCUR IN HEAVIERSHOWERS AND TERRAIN WILL BE OBSCURED. LOCAL IFR
CAN BE EXPECTED OVERTHE EAST SIDE IN PERIODS OF SNOW. RUNWAY
ACCUMULATION AT KLMT SHOULDBE 1-2 INCHES. SHOWERS SHOULD GRADUALLY
END LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAYMORNING. IFR CIGS AND AREAS OF IFR FOG
ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYSWEST OF THE CASCADES, INCLUDING
KRBG/KMFR AFTER ABOUT 09Z FRIDAY.MOST AREAS SHOULD CLEAR TO VFR BY
LATE MORNING. /FB
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 919 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016/
DISCUSSION...THE OCCLUDED FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH SW OREGON THIS
EVENING. SNOW LEVEL HAS DECREASED TO AROUND 1500 FEET IN THE
ILLINOIS, APPLEGATE AND EVANS VALLEYS. SOME ACCUMULATIONS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED. HAVE ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VALLEY
LOCATIONS OF SW OREGON AS THIS FRONT HAS A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS
THAN FORECAST. SNOW LEVELS HAVE LOWERED TO AROUND 1500 FEET WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SOME LOCATIONS DOWN TO 1200 FEET HAVE
REPORTED SNOW. WE FEEL THAT TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL BE QUITE
ABRUPT IN JACKSON COUNTY OCCURRING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
ITSELF. ELSEWHERE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MAJOR PASSES
TONIGHT AND THE PREVIOUS SUITE OF THE WINTER WEATER ADVISORIES
CONTINUE. /FB
MARINE...UPDATED 830 PM PST THURSDAY 14 JAN 2016...WIND DRIVEN
SEAS WILL DIMINISH BUT HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SOUTH GALES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING. MODELS CONTINUE TO
SHOW VERY HEAVY LONG PERIOD SWELL SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM SUNDAY MORNING. ACTIVE WEATHER
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. /FB
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016/
SHORT TERM...CURRENT RADAR AS WELL AS NUMEROUS SPOTTERS REPORT THAT
RAIN AND SNOW (SOME OF IT MIXING) CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MUCH OF
OUR FORECAST AREA. THE HEAVY SNOW IS OCCURRING FOR AREAS ABOVE
3000 FEET OR PLACES THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY ENOUGH SHOWERS THAT HAVE
TEMPORARILY BROUGHT DOWN COLDER AIR FROM ALOFT WHICH HAS RESULTED
IN LOCAL AREAS WITH LOWER SNOW LEVELS...INCLUDING ON HAYES HILL
IN JOSEPHINE COUNTY AND MORE NOTICEABLY AT DUNSMUIR IN SOUTHERN
SISKIYOU COUNTY. OVERALL, SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
SLIGHTLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THUS THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROM THIS
MORING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONCLUDE LATE TONIGHT WITH A
BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER TO FOLLOW. SINCE LAST NIGHT FOGGED
IN, HAVE LEFT THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG IN THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS
LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING IF VISIBILITIES
REMAIN HIGH OVERNIGHT.
MODELS REMAIN IN GREAT AGREEMENT REGARDING THE PATTERN OF WET
WEATHER WITH SHORT BREAKS IN BETWEEN. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE
FRIDAY EVENING AND EXIT SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY
SATURDAY EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS CONTINUED PATTERN IS
THAT AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IS FORECAST TO BRING VERY HEAVY
PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST, COASTAL MOUNTAINS, AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING WESTERN SISKIYOU
COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER (PWAT)
AMOUNTS OVER THESE AREAS RANGE NEAR AN INCH WHICH INDICATES THAT
THIS WILL BE A TYPICAL SOUTHERLY ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT. AS A
RESULT, THE COAST COULD SEE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A 24
HOUR PERIOD WITH PORTIONS OF JOSEPHINE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES
SEEING UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. IN
ADDITION, PWATS OVER MEDFORD ARE ABOUT 0.66 INCHES WHICH RANKS
JUST BELOW THE 90TH PERCENTILE OF HIGH PWATS FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR. THIS MEANS THAT WE MAY SEE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL, JUST NOT AS MUCH AS THE COAST. WITH THIS
TYPE OF EVENT, SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO AROUND 5000 FEET OR
HIGHER. THIS MEANS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER
OUR AREA WILL BE PRIMARILY RAIN...EVEN FOR THE VALLEYS EAST OF
THE CASCADES.
THE BIG QUESTION WILL BE WHEN THIS ATMOSPHERIC RIVER CONCLUDES.
MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO DIFFER SLIGHTLY WITH THE 12Z VERSION OF
THE ECMWF BEING MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN BOTH THE PREVIOUS RUN AS
WELL AS THE GFS. THEREFORE HAVE CONTINUED TO UTILIZE THE SLOWER
SOLUTION AT THIS POINT. OVERALL, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL
HELP DETERMINE TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND ANY POSSIBLE RAPID
RISES OF SMALL STREAMS WHICH MAY EXCEED THEIR BANKS ACROSS CURRY
AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES. DESPITE THE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAIN
STEM RIVER FLOODING IS NOT FORECAST AT THIS TIME. -SCHAAF
LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NEXT
WEEK AS A PROGRESSIVE PACIFIC JET CONTINUES TO CHURN OUT
DISTURBANCES AND SEND THEM IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE AT THIS RANGE, THERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING AND AMPLITUDE OF THESE DISTURBANCES AS
THEY MOVE THROUGH, WHICH LEADS TO DECREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE
FORECAST DETAILS. OVERALL, HOWEVER, THE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT IN DEPICTING THREE DISCERNIBLE SYSTEMS WITH BRIEF BREAKS
IN BETWEEN EACH OF THEM DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THE FIRST SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING...THEN ANOTHER WILL FOLLOW QUICKLY FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. OPERATIONAL AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE BOTH INDICATE A BREAK
FOR MOST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS A TRANSIENT RIDGE MOVES THROUGH.
BUT THE THIRD, LIKELY STRONGEST SYSTEM, WILL PROBABLY MOVE ONSHORE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING A
FAIR AMOUNT OF RAIN TO THE COAST WITH MORE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS
TO ADD TO THE BUILDING SNOW PACK. -SPILDE
AVIATION...FOR THE 14/18Z TAF CYCLE...A COLD POOL ALOFT WILL
MOVE ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INLAND THIS EVENING.
STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE AND
THERE MAY BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST. AREAS OF MVFR
WILL OCCUR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND TERRAIN WILL BE OBSCURED. LOCAL
IFR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EAST SIDE IN PERIODS OF SNOW. RUNWAY
ACCUMULATION AT KLMT SHOULD BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. SHOWERS SHOULD
GRADUALLY END OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IFR CIGS AND AREAS OF
IFR FOG ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WEST OF THE CASCADES,
INCLUDING KRBG/KMFR AFTER ABOUT 09Z FRIDAY. -SPILDE
MARINE...UPDATED 230 PM PST THURSDAY 14 JAN 2016...GALES ARE
ONGOING ACROSS THE INNER WATERS AT THIS TIME, BUT WINDS WILL
DECREASE THIS EVENING ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES. WIND DRIVEN SEAS
WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING, BUT HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL
REMAIN, PRODUCING VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. SOUTH GALES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AS ANOTHER
STORM APPROACHES THE REGION. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A HEAVY LONG
PERIOD SWELL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
SUNDAY MORNING. ACTIVE WEATHER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. -BPN
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ029>031.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY FOR
ORZ023-024-026.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ027-028.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ025.
CA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR CAZ084.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR
CAZ080>083-085.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 7 PM PST FRIDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
FJB/FJB/FJBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 3:05 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:23 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 36 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:20 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 11 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:20 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 28 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:32 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 33 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:57 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 51 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:17 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 48 hr |
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