The above spotter report was the only one received for this event. No warning was in effect, but it appears that this event was limited in extent.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
The above spotter report was the only one received for this event. No warning was in effect, but it appears that this event was limited in extent.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 8, 2:16 AM PST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 900 PM PDT WED MAY 7 2003 STEADY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS FALLING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY AND INTO NEVADA TONIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS CONVECTION DEVELOPS IN THE UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WEST OF THE CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN STEADY BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN RISE ABOVE 5000 FEET ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER LOW WILL FOLLOW THE SAME TRACK AS THE FIRST LATE FRIDAY KEEPING THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY. .EXTENDED...A RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN LATE SATURDAY AS PREVIOUS TROUGH SHIFTS EAST. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS WILL BUILD IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR. SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE MOSTLY DRY...AND CHANCE POPS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED MONDAY NIGHT TO THE END OF DAY SEVEN. THE LATEST GFS SOLUTION HAS INTRODUCED ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE ON TUESDAY AND A LARGER TROUGH MOVING DOWN THE WEST COAST DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. GIVEN THE PERSISTENT LONGWAVE PATTERN THIS DOES NOT SEEM UNREASONABLE...HOWEVER TROUGHS ARE GENERALLY BECOMING WEAKER AS THE WARM SEASON INCREASES ITS DOMINANCE. BERTEAU .MFR...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter LA31 in Lookout at 4500 feet reported 6 inches of new snow overnight.
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