Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 24, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Apr 8, 2017, 3:23 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 9, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2017, 3:23 PM PDT (22:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted.
719 WHUS76 KMFR 082223 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 323 PM PDT SAT APR 8 2017 ...HIGH SEAS LINGER EARLY THIS EVENING THEN GALES AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING... .SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH AND STEEP EARLY THIS EVENING BUT BRIEFLY DIMINISH INTO EARLY SUNDAY. WINDS AND SEAS INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. IT WILL BRING GALES INTO SUNDAY EVENING. PZZ350-356-376-091130- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-170409T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0014.170409T1800Z-170410T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1600Z-170410T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.170409T0900Z-170410T0300Z/ 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- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 323 PM PDT SAT APR 8 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT THEN 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. * SEAS...SUBSIDING BUT REMAINING HIGH AND STEEP EARLY THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL RISE AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY AND BECOME STEEP TO VERY STEEP WITH A PEAK OF WIND DRIVEN SEAS AT 13 TO 16 FEET EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SWELL DOMINATED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MAY REMAIN HIGH INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL OF THE WATERS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE AREA BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO WILL SEE A RETURN OF STEEP SEAS LATE TONIGHT THEN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE STEEP ELSEWHERE WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-091130- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-170409T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.170409T0900Z-170409T1600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0014.170409T1800Z-170410T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1600Z-170410T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 323 PM PDT SAT APR 8 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT THEN 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * SEAS...SUBSIDING BUT REMAINING HIGH AND STEEP EARLY THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL RISE AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY AND BECOME VERY STEEP WITH A PEAK OF WIND DRIVEN SEAS AT 13 TO 16 FEET EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SWELL DOMINATED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MAY REMAIN HIGH INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED WITH STEEP SEAS EARLY THIS EVENING AND LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THEN VERY STEEP SEAS SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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894 WHUS76 KMFR 091000 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 300 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...GALES AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING... .A STRONG FRONT WILL BRING SOUTHERLY GALES TO MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. HIGH AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS AND MODERATE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PZZ350-370-092300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170409T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1800Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0028.170410T0400Z-170410T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.170410T0400Z-170410T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 300 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING THEN 25 TO 35 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SEAS...WEST SWELL DOMINATED 7 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO STEEP 9 TO 13 FT LATER THIS MORNING AND PEAKING AT STEEP TO VERY STEEP 10 TO 15 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED...STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE EARLY THIS MORNING...EXCEPT TO THE SHORELINE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. GALES WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS LATER THIS 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 ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-092300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170409T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1800Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.170410T0400Z-170410T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 300 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT EARLY THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO 30 TO 35 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SEAS...STEEP 8 TO 10 FT EARLY THIS MORNING BUILDING TO WIND DRIVEN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS 10 TO 15 FT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING EXCEPT LESSER WINDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITHIN 20 NM FROM SHORE. ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY GALE CONDITIONS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-092300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170410T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1800Z-170410T0400Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 300 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING THEN 25 TO 35 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SEAS...WEST SWELL DOMINATED 7 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO STEEP 8 TO 11 FT LATER THIS MORNING AND PEAKING AT STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN 10 TO 14 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED...STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF BROOKINGS THIS MORNING...EXCEPT TO THE SHORELINE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. GALES WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH AND BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH STEEP WINDS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITHIN 2 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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
399 WHUS76 KMFR 091002 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 302 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...GALES AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING... .A STRONG FRONT WILL BRING SOUTHERLY GALES TO MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. HIGH AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS AND MODERATE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PZZ350-370-092315- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170409T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1800Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0028.170410T0400Z-170410T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.170410T0400Z-170410T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 302 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING THEN 25 TO 35 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SEAS...WEST SWELL DOMINATED 7 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO STEEP 9 TO 13 FT LATER THIS MORNING AND PEAKING AT STEEP TO VERY STEEP 10 TO 15 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED...STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE EARLY THIS MORNING...EXCEPT TO THE SHORELINE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. GALES WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS LATER THIS 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 ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-092315- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170409T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1800Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.170410T0400Z-170410T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 302 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT EARLY THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING FURTHER TO 30 TO 35 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SEAS...STEEP 8 TO 10 FT EARLY THIS MORNING BUILDING TO WIND DRIVEN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS 10 TO 15 FT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING EXCEPT LESSER WINDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITHIN 20 NM FROM SHORE. ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY GALE CONDITIONS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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. && $$ PZZ356-092315- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170410T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0024.170409T1800Z-170410T0400Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 302 AM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING THEN 25 TO 35 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SEAS...WEST SWELL DOMINATED 7 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO STEEP 8 TO 11 FT LATER THIS MORNING AND PEAKING AT STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN 10 TO 14 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED...STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF BROOKINGS THIS MORNING...EXCEPT TO THE SHORELINE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. GALES WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH AND BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH STEEP WINDS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITHIN 2 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
885 WHUS76 KMFR 092147 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 247 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 PZZ350-370-100500- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0028.170410T0400Z-170410T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.170410T0400Z-170410T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.170410T1800Z-170411T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 247 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 12 TO 16 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING FRESH SWELL DOMINATED AND LOWERING TO 10 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL LENGTHEN IN PERIOD BUT REMAIN STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STEEPEST SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-100500- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170410T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.170410T1800Z-170411T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 247 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 10 TO 14 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING FRESH SWELL DOMINATED AT 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL LENGTHEN IN PERIOD BUT REMAIN STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT RIGHT UP TO SHORE NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ376-100500- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.170410T0400Z-170410T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.170410T1800Z-170411T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 247 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT GALES WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 10 TO 14 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING FRESH SWELL DOMINATED AT 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL LENGTHEN IN PERIOD BUT REMAIN STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED, HOWEVER, THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO THROUGH THIS EVENING. STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
825 WHUS76 KMFR 100417 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 917 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...VERY STEEP TO STEEP SEAS CONTINUING... .ELEVATED FRESH SOUTHERLY SWELL AND BUILDING WEST SWELL WILL RESULT IN STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THIS EVENING THAT WILL LENGTHEN SOME IN PERIOD OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER, STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING. PZZ370-101400- /O.CAN.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-170410T1800Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170410T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0036.170410T0600Z-170410T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.170410T1500Z-170411T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 917 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FORM 11 PM PDT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SOUTHERLY WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 12 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING FRESH WEST SWELL DOMINATED AT 11 TO 13 FEET OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL LENGTHEN IN PERIOD BUT REMAIN STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-101400- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170410T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-170410T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.170410T1500Z-170411T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 917 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SOUTHERLY WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 10 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING FRESH WEST SWELL DOMINATED AT 11 TO 13 FEET OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL LENGTHEN IN PERIOD BUT REMAIN STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF THE CALIFORNIA BORDER AND NORTH OF CROOK POINT THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE, STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED FOR 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-101400- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170410T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-170410T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.170410T1500Z-170411T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 917 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SOUTHERLY WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 12 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING FRESH WEST SWELL DOMINATED AT 11 TO 13 FEET OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL LENGTHEN IN PERIOD BUT REMAIN STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND ABOUT A MILE OF THE COAST, EXCEPT TO THE COAST NEAR BANDON. OTHERWISE, STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-101400- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170410T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170410T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-170410T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.170410T1500Z-170411T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 917 PM PDT SUN APR 9 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SOUTHERLY WIND WAVE DOMINATED AT 11 TO 13 FEET THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING FRESH WEST SWELL DOMINATED AT 11 TO 13 FEET OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL LENGTHEN IN PERIOD BUT REMAIN STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET 13 SECONDS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT MOST AREAS. STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED FOR 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ BTL 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 Apr 8, 2:51 PM PDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:51 PM PDT, 32 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
251 PM PDT Sat Apr 8 2017
.SHORT TERM...Scattered to numerous showers this afternoon. The
size of each individual shower is quite small. Radar returns look
like popcorn. Showers are due to weak instability and terrain
forcing. Showers will decrease after sunset as the airmass
stablizes. Water vapor satellite shows a relatively dry slot above
700 millibars moving over western Oregon at this time. This will
help to dissipate any high clouds and the stabilizing in the lower
levels will help to dissipate the lower clouds. This will all
combine to cause clearing skies overnight and, along with the
colder airmass, will allow temperatures to drop into the mid 20s
to mid 30s west of the Cascades and into the 20s with some
isolated upper teens east of the Cascades. With blooming fruit
trees on the west side, have issued a freeze warning for Jackson
and Josephine County valleys.
The next disturbance moves on shore late tomorrow afternoon and
through the forecast area overnight into Monday morning. This
system is another quick mover. Snow levels will remain at around
3000 feet.
After that, a short lived ridge moves in Monday night as the next
disturbance begins to deepen off the northern California coast.
Models continue to deepen it as it moves north-northeastward and
tracks west of the southern Oregon coast on Tuesday. Pressure
gradients increase and this system should produce strong south
winds in the coastal waters and in exposed areas in Coos and Curry
Counties on Tuesday.
.LONG TERM...Wednesday through Saturday Night...Wednesday opens with
a deep trough just offshore, and its associated surface low
deepening and sliding up the coast. Models agree in the pattern, but
differ in the timing by about 6 to 8 hours. Have sided with the GFS
solution more than the others, mainly due to the more detailed and
better resolved solution, but given the differences in the ensembles
and other model suites, suspect the timing of the winds,
precipitation, and other fields will change over the next few
cycles.
Despite the time that the front and low do move through, confidence
is high in the forecast for gusty winds and periods of heavier rain
Wednesday morning or afternoon, with showers continuing overnight
and into Thursday as the upper level trough slides by overhead.
Winds with this system could be strong, with forecast pressure
gradients similar to, but not as tight, as the wind storm from
Thursday and Friday of the previous week. It is too early to
consider Watches or Warnings, so will keep an eye on this in case
another high impact event begins to resolve itself. Fortunately,
snow levels should begin at about 6000 feet, only dropping to below
4000 feet once the front and the heavier precipitation passes, so
winter weather and hydro concerns are not pressing. Will update
the wind and rain forecast for this storm as necessary.
The pattern for the remainder of the forecast term beyond Thursday
is very uncertain due to vast differences in the various model
suites and their ensembles, which appear to arise form differences
in how each model handles a high amplitude ridge over the northern
Pacific and the Bering Sea. There may be a day or two break with
high pressure in control before the next system arrives by the
weekend, or systems could be line up one after another. Have left a
chance for precipitation in during just about every period, with
higher chances in the periods more likely to have a frontal passage.
With such high spread in the models, uncertainty remains way too
high to make any skillful detailed forecast going into next
weekend. -BPN
&&
.AVIATION...08/18Z TAF CYCLE...Expect mainly VFR today across the
forecast area, although periods of MVFR are possible along the coast
and within any scattered showers through the early afternoon. Clouds
will increase once again late this evening and tonight as the next
front approaches the region. Winds will become gusty along the coast
by morning, but most other areas should not see stronger winds until
beyond the current TAF period. -BPN
&&
.MARINE...Updated 230 PM PDT Saturday 8 April 2017...Steep seas
will persist into this evening while a weak high moves inland. The
next front will follow close behind. Winds and seas increase again
late tonight with gales developing early Sunday. The front will move
onshore early Sunday evening. The gales will be strongest beyond 5
nm from shore and near Cape Blanco. High pressure will briefly build
over the coastal waters Monday...though with west swell dominated
seas likely remaining high and steep. The high will weaken Monday
night with a very brief improvement of conditions into Tuesday. A
strong front is likely to approach the waters from the southwest
late Tuesday and good bring another episode of gales Tuesday night
into Wednesday. Model agreement is very good into early Tuesday
then diminishes further beyond Wednesday. -DW
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...Gale Warning from 11 AM to 8 PM PDT Sunday for ORZ021.
Freeze Warning from midnight tonight to 9 AM PDT Sunday for
ORZ024-026.
CA...None.
Pacific Coastal Waters...Gale Warning from 11 AM to 8 PM PDT Sunday
for PZZ350-356-370-376.
Small Craft Advisory from 2 AM to 8 PM PDT Sunday for
PZZ350-356-376.
Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas until 8 PM PDT this
evening for PZZ350-356-370-376.
Small Craft Advisory from 2 AM to 11 AM PDT Sunday for PZZ370.
KRS/BPN/DWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:35 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 19 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:44 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Apr 8, 2:13 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 19 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:23 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 36 hr |
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