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Special Weather Statement
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
243 AM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-202300-
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA...
WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE...
DORRIS...ALTURAS...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...BANDON...
PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH...
DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...
CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...
STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE...
CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...
SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...
CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW
243 AM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND PASS LEVEL SNOW EXPECTED
THIS WEEK...

A STRONG SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS WEEK...AND REMAIN
OVERHEAD FOR SEVERAL DAYS. A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
THROUGH SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...INTRODUCING AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS TO THE
AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT PASSES...AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
SHARPLY.

SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP TO AROUND 2500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND
THEREFORE COULD RESULT IN 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER ALL CASCADE
PASSES...SISKIYOU SUMMIT...AND THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA. SNOW LEVELS
MAY DROP BRIEFLY DOWN TO LOWER PASSES LIKE SEXTON SUMMIT AS WELL.
HOWEVER...WITH THE LONGER DAYS AND HIGHER SUN ANGLES...SOIL AND
ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE WARM...AND IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE.

COLD NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES COULD ALSO RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR
FROST IN PORTIONS OF THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR
UPDATES AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES.


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