An incoming cold front brought strong winds to parts of south central Oregon.
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An incoming cold front brought strong winds to parts of south central Oregon.
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 Oct 14, 12:01 PM PST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
101 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2014
.DISCUSSION...14/12Z NAM/GFS IN.
A COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING ONSHORE...AND IT IS SLOWING DOWN A BIT
DUE TO SHORT WAVES MOVING UP THE FRONT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
SO FAR HAS FALLEN ON THE COAST AND COAST RANGE. RED MOUND HAS THE
MOST PRECIPITATION SO FAR WITH 2.13 INCHES. WINDS CONTINUE TO PICK
UP OVER THE EAST SIDE WITH SEVERAL STATIONS REPORTING GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 MPH. WEED AIRPORT JUST REPORTED A GUST TO 46 MPH..
A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN IS IN PLACE AND WILL REMAIN SO FOR THE NEXT
WEEK. LONG WAVE TROUGHS WILL MOVE ONSHORE ABOUT EVERY FOUR DAYS OR
SO.
THE FIRST TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE ONSHORE LATE TONIGHT. THE
ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MEDFORD CWA TODAY...
BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN FROM THE CASCADES WEST AND SPOTTIER
COVERAGE OVER THE EAST SIDE. IT WILL ALSO MAKE FOR A WINDY DAY
EAST OF THE CASCADES AND IN THE SHASTA VALLEY. HIGH WIND WARNINGS
ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE EAST SIDE WITH WIND ADVISORIES OVER
MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE EAST SIDE AND THE SHASTA VALLEY.
SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 5500 TO 6000 FEET WEDNESDAY
MORNING WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE CASCADES,
THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS AND IN THE COASTAL ZONES THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BUT POST-FRONTAL
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE TROUGH KICKS OUT TO THE
EAST WEDNESDAY...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH THEREAFTER.
AFTER A RELATIVE BREAK IN THE ACTION THURSDAY...THE NEXT INCOMING
TROUGH WILL PUSH A FRONT ONSHORE FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER
ROUND OF RAIN AND WIND TO THE AREA...BUT NOT AS MUCH AS TODAY'S
SYSTEM. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH SATURDAY AS WEAK RIDGING
DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA...THEN YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. STILL MORE SYSTEMS WILL FOLLOW. FALL HAS
ARRIVED!
&&
.AVIATION...14/18Z TAF CYCLE...A COLD FRONT IS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY, BUT IT WILL BE SLOW TO PASS. RAIN AND MVFR/IFR CIGS
ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WEST SIDE, ESPECIALLY THE COAST, WITH LOWER
FLIGHT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. FOR THE EAST SIDE,
EXPECT MOSTLY VFR WITH OCCASIONAL MVFR WITHIN SHOWERS, BUT
PRECIPITATION WILL BE MORE SCATTERED. CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA
WILL BECOME MVFR/IFR OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING AS POST
FRONTAL SHOWERS CONTINUE. ALSO OF CONCERN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE EAST SIDE AND WITHIN THE
SHASTA VALLEY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH ONCE THE FRONT PASSES LATE THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. -BPN
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 830 AM PDT TUE 14 OCT 2014...SOUTH WINDS ARE
DECREASING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT HAS MOVED INLAND.
THE MODELS SHOW A STRONGER SYSTEM ARRIVING TONIGHT WITH SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS SPREADING OVER PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE
COASTAL WATERS.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ030-031.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ030-031.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ029.
CA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ085.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAZ085.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ084.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAZ281.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ081.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 11 PM
THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
15/15/06The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust to 59 mph was recorded at the Calimus RAWS.
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