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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this winter storm warning at Dec 13, 2016, 2:43 PM PST for 5 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Dec 13, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2016, 2:43 PM PST (22:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 4 E Olene, OR | 13 EAST OF KLAMATH FALLS. |
| Dec 14, 6:11 AM PST | SNOW 6.3 | 2 N Klamath Falls, OR | SNOWFALL SINCE 8 PM PST 12/13/16. |
| Dec 14, 7:32 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 9 Sse Summer Lake, OR | REPORTED VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 1 Ese Klamath Falls, OR | . |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 4 Wsw Klamath Falls, OR | SPOTTER REPORTS A SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 6 INCHES BEFORE THINGS TURNED TO RAIN. THE 48-HOUR LIQUID EQUIVALENT ENDING 8:00 AM 12/15/2016 WAS 1.81. |
| Dec 14, 8:40 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Klamath Falls, OR | SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN AROUND 7 AM. . |
| Dec 14, 8:42 AM PST | SNOW 5 | Lakeview, OR | ODOT IN LAKEVIEW REPORTED THAT SNOW HAD JUST TURNED TO RAIN AND IT WAS STILL SNOWING JUST NORTH OF TOWN. . |
| Dec 14, 8:42 AM PST | SNOW 8 | 4 Nne Lakeview, OR | ODOT REPORTS 8 INCHES OF SNOW ON WARNER MOUNTAIN PASS (ELEVATION 5650 FEET). |
| Dec 14, 8:42 AM PST | SNOW 12 | 13 Ese Bly, OR | ODOT REPORTS 12 INCHES OF SNOW AT QUARTZ MOUNTAIN PASS ON HIGHWAY 140 (ELEVATION 5550 FEET). |
| Dec 14, 10:54 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 W Crescent, OR | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 14 HOURS. |
| Dec 14, 12:15 PM PST | SNOW 12 | 4 Sw Chiloquin, OR | AGENCY LAKE AREA OF CHILOQUIN. STILL SNOWING. . |
| Dec 14, 2:05 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 9 Sse Summer Lake, OR | SINCE 4 AM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
774 WWUS46 KMFR 132243 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 243 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY... .A WARM FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...THE SISKIYOUS AND CASCADES...AND AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START AT AROUND 4000 FEET AND THEN RISE TO 6000 TO 7000 FEET ON WEDNESDAY...SO MANY AREAS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. VERY COLD AIR WILL FOLLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. ORZ029>031-141415- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0009.161214T0600Z-161215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.161214T0300Z-161214T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0009.161214T0300Z-161215T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 243 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES IN CHEMULT. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING OR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO CRESCENT...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO LAKEVIEW...HIGHWAY 31 INCLUDING PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 SOUTH OF KLAMATH FALLS...MERRILL. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR SUMMER LAKE...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ027-028-141415- /O.UPG.KMFR.WS.A.0009.161214T0600Z-161215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.161214T0600Z-161214T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0009.161214T0300Z-161215T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE 243 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES IN THE CASCADES MAINLY ABOVE 5000 FEET. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES MAINLY BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET ELEVATION. 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR CRATER LAKE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON...EXCEPT AREAS LIKE THE CRATER LAKE RIM WHERE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS LESS LIKELY. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...DIAMOND LAKE...CRATER LAKE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT...AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 62...140...AND 66 BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ082-083-141415- /O.NEW.KMFR.WS.W.0009.161214T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.161214T0000Z-161214T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 243 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND WILL CHANGE TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGH ELEVATION AREAS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY TO INCLUDE MOUNT SHASTA SKI AREA. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 89 AT SNOWMANS SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-141200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.161214T0000Z-161214T1200Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS 243 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CHANGES TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALTURAS...HIGHWAY 395...139...AND 299. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ CAZ080-141200- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.161214T0000Z-161214T1200Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 243 PM PST TUE DEC 13 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING AND CHANGES TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ETNA SUMMIT ON SAWYERS BAR ROAD BETWEEN ETNA AND SAWYERS BAR. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
6 follow-up statements
442 WWUS46 KMFR 141133 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 333 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY... .A WARM FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...THE SISKIYOUS AND CASCADES... AND AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START AT AROUND 4000 FEET AND THEN RISE TO 6000 TO 7000 FEET TODAY...SO MANY AREAS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN. ORZ029>031-141945- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 333 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH UP TO 16 INCHES IN CHEMULT. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING AND CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT IN NORTHERN LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES WHERE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO CRESCENT...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO EAST OF LAKEVIEW...HIGHWAY 31 INCLUDING PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 SOUTH OF KLAMATH FALLS...MERRILL. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR SUMMER LAKE...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ027-028-141945- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE 333 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES IN THE CASCADES MAINLY ABOVE 5000 FEET AND 10 TO 15 INCHES NEAR MOUNT ASHLAND IN THE SISKIYOUS. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES MAINLY BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET ELEVATION. 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SISKIYOU SUMMIT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR CRATER LAKE. * TIMING...SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT AREAS LIKE THE CRATER LAKE RIM WHERE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS LESS LIKELY. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...DIAMOND LAKE...CRATER LAKE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT... AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 62...140... AND 66 BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ082-083-141800- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 333 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 5000 FEET... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGH ELEVATION AREAS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY TO INCLUDE MOUNT SHASTA SKI AREA. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 89 AT SNOWMANS SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-141400- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1400Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS 333 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ALTURAS...HIGHWAY 395...139...AND 299. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ CAZ080-141400- /O.EXT.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1400Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 333 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE 4500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE MID MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ETNA SUMMIT ON SAWYERS BAR ROAD BETWEEN ETNA AND SAWYERS BAR. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SEE WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/CAMS FOR LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$
153 WWUS46 KMFR 141351 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 551 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY... .A WARM FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...THE SISKIYOUS AND CASCADES... AND AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START AT AROUND 4000 FEET AND THEN RISE TO 6000 TO 7000 FEET TODAY...SO MANY AREAS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN. CAZ082-083-141800- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TENNANT 551 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGH ELEVATION AREAS IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY TO INCLUDE MOUNT SHASTA SKI AREA. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ CAZ084-085-141500- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1400Z/ NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS 551 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS MORNING WITH LESS THAN AN INCH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ CAZ080-141500- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1400Z/ WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 551 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE 4500 FEET... WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS MORNING WITH LESS THAN AN INCH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ ORZ029>031-141800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 551 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN CHEMULT. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING AND CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT IN NORTHERN LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES WHERE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO CRESCENT...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 140 FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO EAST OF LAKEVIEW...HIGHWAY 31 INCLUDING PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 SOUTH OF KLAMATH FALLS...MERRILL. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR SUMMER LAKE...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ027-028-141800- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE 551 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE CASCADES MAINLY ABOVE 5000 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES NEAR MOUNT ASHLAND IN THE SISKIYOUS. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES MAINLY BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET ELEVATION. * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR CRATER LAKE. * TIMING...SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT AREAS LIKE THE CRATER LAKE RIM WHERE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS LESS LIKELY. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...DIAMOND LAKE...CRATER LAKE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT... AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 62...140... AND 66 BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ PETRUCELLI
675 WWUS46 KMFR 141753 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 953 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY... .A WARM FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...THE SISKIYOUS AND CASCADES... AND AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START AT AROUND 4000 FEET AND THEN RISE TO 6000 TO 7000 FEET TODAY...SO MANY AREAS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN. CAZ082-083-141900- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 953 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 5000 FEET... MAINLY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY AS SNOW LEVELS RISE TO 7000 FEET AND HIGHER. $$ ORZ029>031-150000- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 953 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN CHEMULT. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE CHANGING TO RAIN GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY...WITH THE CHANGEOVER OCCURRING NEAR CHEMULT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF KLAMATH FALLS TO CRESCENT...HIGHWAY 31 INCLUDING PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR SUMMER LAKE...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ027-028-150000- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE 953 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE CASCADES MAINLY ABOVE 5000 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES NEAR MOUNT ASHLAND IN THE SISKIYOUS. * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR CRATER LAKE. * TIMING...SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT AREAS LIKE THE CRATER LAKE RIM WHERE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS NOT GUARANTEED. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...DIAMOND LAKE...CRATER LAKE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT... AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP TIRE CHAINS, A FLASHLIGHT, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS, AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$
106 WWUS46 KMFR 141755 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 955 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 CAZ082-083-141900- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- 955 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 5000 FEET... SNOW LEVELS ARE RISING TO 7000 FEET AND RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. $$ ORZ029>031-150000- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY... BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 955 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN CHEMULT. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE CHANGING TO RAIN GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY...WITH THE CHANGEOVER OCCURRING NEAR CHEMULT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF KLAMATH FALLS TO CRESCENT...HIGHWAY 31 INCLUDING PAISLEY AND SILVER LAKE. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR SUMMER LAKE...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ027-028-150000- /O.EXP.KMFR.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-161214T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE 955 AM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE CASCADES MAINLY ABOVE 5000 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES AT THE TOP OF MOUNT ASHLAND IN THE SISKIYOUS. * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR CRATER LAKE. * TIMING...SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT AREAS LIKE THE CRATER LAKE RIM WHERE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS NOT GUARANTEED. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...DIAMOND LAKE...CRATER LAKE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT... AND HIGHWAY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$
954 WWUS46 KMFR 142210 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 210 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES... .PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE NEAR CHEMULT CONTINUE TO SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WITH A BRIEF TRANSITION TO RAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUE THERE. MANY AREAS IN THE CASCADES AND EAST OF THE CASCADES SOUTH OF CHILOQUIN ARE TRANSITIONING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS WARM AIR MOVES NORTHWARD. ONLY THE HIGHEST SPOTS IN THE CASCADES LIKE THE CRATER LAKE RIM WILL SEE SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT...WHILE COLD AIR WILL RETURN OVER THE CASCADES THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL BRING SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWS BEFORE DRY AIR MOVES IN. ORZ030-031-150615- /O.NEW.KMFR.WW.Y.0034.161215T0000Z-161215T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 210 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL FEW INCHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SNOW FROM CHEMULT NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE CHANGING TO RAIN GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ONLY A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER CHEMULT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 FROM CHILOQUIN NORTHWARD. HIGHWAY 31 FROM PAISLEY NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE SILVER LAKE. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 FROM CHEMULT NORTHWARD...FORT ROCK. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE THIS AFTERNOON. CONTINUED FREEZING TEMPERATURES ON AREA ROADS FROM CHEMULT NORTHWARD WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR SUMMER LAKE...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ029-150000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KLAMATH FALLS 210 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL FEW INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO RAIN. * WARNING LOCATIONS...HIGHWAY 97 FROM CHILOQUIN NORTHWARD. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$ ORZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE 210 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... * WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * CHANGEOVER TO RAIN...MOST LOCATIONS ARE CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR THE CRATER LAKE RIM WHERE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR CRATER LAKE. * WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...DIAMOND LAKE...CRATER LAKE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 62 NEAR CRATER LAKE...HIGHWAY 230...HIGHWAY 58 AT WILLAMETTE PASS...HIGHWAY 138 AT DIAMOND LAKE SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA MAY MAKE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING AND POSES A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && $$
607 WWUS46 KMFR 142353 WSWMFR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 353 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ORZ030-031-151200- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.WW.Y.0034.161215T0000Z-161215T1800Z/ NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST 353 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * ADVISORY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN TO MIX WITH RAIN AND SNOW FROM CHEMULT NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW BEGINS TO CHANGE TO RAIN. * TIMING...A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER CHEMULT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * ADVISORY LOCATIONS INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 97 FROM CHEMULT NORTHWARD...FORT ROCK. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. CONTINUED FREEZING TEMPERATURES ON AREA ROADS FROM CHEMULT NORTHWARD WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP TIRE CHAINS... A FLASHLIGHT... BLANKETS... FOOD... WATER... MEDICATIONS... AND A FULLY CHARGED PHONE WITH YOU. && $$ ORZ029-150100- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN- 353 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED, SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ ORZ027-028-150100- /O.EXP.KMFR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161215T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE 353 PM PST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED, SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 13, 9:46 AM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 9:46 AM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
946 AM PST Tue Dec 13 2016
.AVIATION...13/18Z TAF CYCLE...Stratus in the west side valleys
will burn off to VFR by around noon today and that continues
into early evening. Elsewhere, VFR conditions will continue into
the evening. A strong warm front will bring light to moderate rain
to the west side terminals from south to north starting late this
evening and continuing through the remainder of the TAF period.
Cigs/Vis are expected to be generally MVFR although conditions may
worsen tomorrow morning as a cold front begins to push in as well.
On the east side, snow will spread in with similar timing. Flight
conditions are likely to be much worse as a result with IFR to
LIFR Cigs/Vis likely to develop after midnight, including at KLMT,
and significant snow accumulations by dawn Wednesday. Snow will
change to rain from south to north late morning tomorrow. -Wright
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 856 AM PST Tue Dec 13 2016/
DISCUSSION...A relatively quiet weather day today will precede
about two days of high-impact, fairly complex weather, arriving
tonight. A warm front will overrun lingering cold air tonight
and bring snow to most mountain and East Side areas tonight. A
changeover to rain is expected most areas Wednesday morning. Heavy
rain will impact much of the area on Wednesday as snow levels rise
and a plume of moisture, originating from the tropics, surges into
the forecast area. Winds will become strong too on Wednesday over
mountains, portions of Northern California, and the East Side. A
cold front will push south and east out of the forecast area
Thursday, bringing an end to the precipitation and ushering in a
colder, drier period of weather.
We'll be refining the forecast today, focusing on the high-impact
weather through Thursday night.
Please see the previous discussion below which highlights some
hazard products we have issued for the heavy snow, high wind, and
heavy rain.
MARINE...Updated 200 AM PST Tuesday 13 December 2016...Winds and
seas will remain below advisory criteria today. Our next attention
will be late tonight through Wednesday afternoon. A frontal
boundary is expected to move towards the area later this evening
bringing steady precipitation. The models are in pretty good
agreement showing a surface low developing along the frontal
boundary late tonight. However they differ with respect to the
strength and track of the surface low. This is especially
important because it could make a difference between having gale
force winds over the southern waters or nothing at all. The NAM
and ECMWF show a slightly stronger surface low while the GFS is
weaker. The 0z NAM run tracked the surface low far enough north
where the southern waters could get impacted by gales for at least
6 hours. Now the 6z run tracks the surface low further south, so
it remains to be seen if future runs will continue to show this.
The above reasoning leads to low confidence of upgrading the gale
watch to a warning. So for now we'll leave the watch as is and let
the day shift have another look at this. Taking the 6z NAM at face
value would put borderline gale conditions from Brookings south.
Any south winds will quickly shift north as the surface low moves
inland Wednesday afternoon and night, but should remain below
small craft. Note, even with a further south track of the surface
low, fresh south swell could still sneak into the southern waters
Wednesday evening and night. -Petrucelli
PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 425 AM PST Tue Dec 13 2016/
SHORT TERM...A very moist warm front will approach the area from
the southwest today then gradually move inland tonight and
Wednesday. Moderate to heavy precipitation is expected with this
warm front. Heavy snow is possible from the Cascades east in
Southern Oregon. Near the coast and into western Siskiyou County,
heavy rain is expected tonight through Wednesday. A surface low
will track into the extreme southwest Oregon coast by Wednesday
afternoon and will bring a cold front across the area Wednesday
night into Thursday with additional precipitation. Strong gusty
winds are also expected ahead of and with the cold front passage
for locations in the mountains and in the Summer Lake area
Wednesday and Wednesday night.
The 06z and 00z model runs have come into better agreement with
the track of the low and the timing of a warm front moving into
the area tonight and Wednesday, followed by a cold front moving
across the area Wednesday night into Thursday. Models show a plume
of moisture with precipitable water around 1.0 to 1.3 inches
moving into the Northern California and Curry County coasts
tonight into Wednesday. This warm and moist airmass will spread
inland inland tonight into Wednesday bringing overrunning
precipitation to the area. Ahead of this front, expect relatively
cold air in place with snow levels of around 2500 to 3500 ft
elevation in Southern Oregon and around 4000 to 5000 ft elevation
in Northern California. Snow levels are expected to rise
Wednesday morning and afternoon as the warm front lifts northward
into Southern Oregon. Snow levels will rise to 6000 to 7000+ feet
elevation on Wednesday but may remain lower over far northern
Klamath and Lake Counties.
With snow levels starting out low and moderate to heavy
precipitation associated with the front, expect significant
snowfall accumulations in portions of the Southern Oregon
Cascades and east side tonight and Wednesday. Snow is expected to
begin late this evening and tonight and is forecast to become
heavy by Wednesday morning. Snowfall rates up to 1 inch per hour
are possible in the Southern Oregon Cascades and across much of
Klamath and Lake counties Wednesday morning. This will bring
significant impacts these areas. Heavy snowfall may continue over
northern Klamath and northern Lake counties Wednesday afternoon.
However, expect snow levels to rise quickly Wednesday afternoon to
around 6000 feet or more over southern portions of Klamath and
Lake counties. Blowing snow and near whiteout conditions are
possible on Wednesday, especially in the Southern Oregon Cascades,
in the mountains above 6000 feet east of the Cascades and in the
Summer Lake area as strong gusty winds combine with snowfall. By
Wednesday evening expect most areas to transition to rain with
snow levels around 6000 to 7000 feet. However, areas near Fort
Rock and Chemult may see continued lower snow levels around 4500
to 5000 feet.
A winter storm watch is in effect for the Southern Oregon Cascades
and areas to the east in Klamath and Lake counties. See the WSWMFR
for details.
Wednesday night and Thursday, a cold front will gradually
move inland. Models are showing a strong 700 mb jet with southwest
winds of 65 to 75 kt moving across the area ahead of this front.
So expect south winds to increase and become strong and gusty
over the mountains and into portions of the east side, especially
near the Summer Lake area. A high wind watch has been issued for
late Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night for these areas. See
the NPWMFR for details.
Also of concern will be the potential for heavy rainfall in
southwestern portions of the area, mainly in Curry and southern
Josephine counties as well as in western and southern Siskiyou
County. Current forecasts call for 3 to 4.5 inches of
precipitation tonight through Thursday over these areas. Heaviest
rain across Curry, Josephine and Western Siskiyou counties is
expected tonight through Wednesday night. In the Southern Siskiyou
county area near Mount Shasta moderate to heavy precipitation is
expected tonight through Thursday. Precipitation may begin as
snow, especially above 4500 feet tonight then transition to rain
as snow levels rise to 6000+ feet Wednesday morning. Heaviest
precipitation is expected in the Mount Shasta area from Wednesday
morning through at least Thursday morning...with moderate rain and
snow showers possible Thursday afternoon and evening.
As the front moves east Thursday afternoon and evening, expect
decreased precipitation for areas west of the Cascades with many
Areas transitioning to isolated or scattered showers. East of the
Cascades, precipitation is expected to decrease by Thursday
evening in Klamath county and by late Thursday night in Lake,
Modoc and eastern Siskiyou counties.
PREV LONG TERM DISCUSSION... /Issued 100 PM PST Mon Dec 12 2016/
Long term...Friday through Monday. The deterministic models and
associated ensembles are in pretty good agreement in the extended
period, and this leads to above average confidence in the overall
pattern, but relatively lower confidence in some specifics. The
period of Friday through Monday could generally be characterized
as chilly and more than likely dry, but with just enough potential
to keep an eye on.
The majority of the precipitation from the mid week system will be
off to our east by Friday. However, the upper trough axis will be
moving through early Friday, and the combination of low snow levels
and residual shower activity could lead to isolated impacts from
snow over the lower elevations. Given that this is 5 days off,
confidence in any specifics is low, but it's worth watching the
tail end of this departing system.
Snow levels will be down near sea level on Saturday, and models are
hinting at a weak shortwave moving through the flow. This could also
give us some snow showers at low elevations, but again, it's way to
far off to get specific. Sunday is the day most likely to be dry,
but there may be a system coming down the PacNW coast that could
bring some rain to the north coast and Umpqua basin by day's end.
Snow levels will be rising, so snow is less of a concern over lower
elevations by Sunday. Snow levels rise further Monday and really
jump up Monday night as a fairly juicy warm front arrives from the
west. -Wright
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.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...High Wind Watch from Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday
night for ORZ030-031.
Winter Storm Watch from this evening through Wednesday afternoon
for ORZ029>031.
Winter Storm Watch from this evening through Wednesday afternoon
for ORZ027-028.
CA...High Wind Watch from Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday
night for CAZ085.
Pacific Coastal Waters...Gale Watch from Wednesday afternoon through
late Wednesday night for PZZ356-376.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:56 PM PST | Frost Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 16 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:56 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:19 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 10 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:42 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 41 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:42 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 41 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 19 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:08 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 31 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:08 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 24 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:30 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 51 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:30 PM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 55 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.