This was another minimal high wind event for which no warning was issued. Warning verifying winds were recorded only at Cape Blanco.
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The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
This was another minimal high wind event for which no warning was issued. Warning verifying winds were recorded only at Cape Blanco.
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 Feb 5, 8:50 PM PST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
850 PM PST THU FEB 5 2004
.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION IS BEGINNING TO ENTER THE COASTAL
ZONES THIS EVENING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR THE COAST
TONIGHT. SOME FOG IS APPEARING IN THE ROGUE VALLEY...HOWEVER
EXPECTING THIS TO REMAIN LIMITED AS SOUTHERLY WINDS PICK UP IN
ADVANCE OF FRONT CURRENTLY NEAR 130W. FORECAST UPDATE NOT NECESSARY
TONIGHT. MDB
.AFTERNOON DISCUSSION...SNOW LEVELS AT 4500-5000 FEET FRIDAY THEN
LOWERING FRIDAY EVENING TO BETWEEN 2500-3000 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS OF
3-5 INCHES FOR THE CASCADES WITH GENERALLY 2-4 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR
THE SISKIYOU FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW TAPERING TO
SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH DECREASING CHANCES FOR THE WEST SIDE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WILL STILL SEE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY...
BUT MAINLY ALONG THE UPPER COAST...NRN DOUGLAS COUNTY...AND ALONG THE
SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADES OF OREGON.
BY SATURDAY NIGHT DECREASING CLOUDS WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN. EXPECT AREAS OF VALLEY FOG WEST OF THE
CASCADES SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY MRNG. FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
GOING WITH A DRY FORECAST AS A STRONG UPPER RIDGE REMAINS
NEARBY...INSURING A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE AND GRADUALLY WARMING
AFTERNOON TEMPS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT NIGHT WITH LACK OF
SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER SHOULD COOL TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. EXPECT
LESS FOG SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE AND NO MENTION OF FOG AFTER
MONDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AIR AND WARMER AFTERNOONS. MW
&&
.MFR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLORENCE, OR TO CA BORDER.
CA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CA BORDER TO PT. ST. GEORGE, CA.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST THU FEB 5 2004 CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-PZZ350-353-356-370-373-376-051430- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE ARAGO TO FLORENCE, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- CAPE BLANCO TO CAPE ARAGO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY COAST- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- MODOC COUNTY-NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR 20 TO 60 NM- PT. ST. GEORGE, CA TO CAPE BLANCO, OR WESTWARD 20 NM- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 630 AM PST THU FEB 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH XXXDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GERIG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Cape Blanco recorded sustained winds 40 mph or greater continously during this time interval. The strongest recorded sustained wind was 43 mph.
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