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FXUS66 KMFR 011024 CCA
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
321 AM PDT FRI AUG 1 2014

.DISCUSSION...CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGE SHOWS A SHORTWAVE MOVING
NORTH ALONG SOUTHWEST OREGON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED NORTH OF OF THE FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE. IN
OUR AREA, A COUPLE OF ISOLATED STORMS POPPED UP IN NORTHERN DOUGLAS
COUNTY AND SUSPECT THIS IS IN PART DUE TO A WEAK TRIGGER AND SLIGHT
COOLING ALOFT INDICATED BY THE MODELS. THE STORMS HAVE NOW SINCE
WEAKENED AND DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IF ANYTHING TO HAPPEN THROUGH THIS
MORNING. STEERING WINDS WILL BRING THE SMOKE FROM THE GULCH AND
3-7 DAY WILDFIRES NORTHWARD BRINGING PATCHY TO AREAS OF SMOKE TO
THE ROGUE VALLEY AND PARTS OF MODOC AND SOUTHERN KLAMATH COUNTIES
THIS MORNING. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE MODELS SHOW MOST OF THE INSTABILITY EAST OF THE
CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER STORMS SHOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST
WITH A WEAK TRIGGER AND WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL DRYING AND
SLIGHT WARMING AT 500 MB WHICH SHOULD PUT A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF
ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION STEERING WINDS WILL BE LIGHT, THEREFORE ISOLATED
STORMS SHOULD SET UP AND REMAIN OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH TRIPLE DIGIT TERRITORY IN PARTS OF THE
ROGUE AND SHASTA VALLEYS.

ANY ISOLATED STORMS SHOULD FIZZLE OUT FRIDAY EVENING WITH DRY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ONCE
AGAIN WE`LL BE UNDER THE GUN FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. THE NAM AND
GFS SHOW THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STORMS IN NORTHERN KLAMATH AND
LAKE COUNTIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT
ISOLATED STORMS IN THE SHASTA TRINITY AND EAST OF MOUNT SHASTA. BOTH
MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF SOME ON THE STRENGTH OF SHORTWAVES MOVING
THROUGH, BUT FOR NOW DID NOT MAKE ANY WHOLESALE CHANGES AND SEE IF
THE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT.

NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST
THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE ON THE EASTSIDE WITH A GENERAL
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN HOT AND WILL PUSH
NEAR OR AT TRIPLE DIGITS FOR THE ROGUE AND SHASTA VALLEYS.
-PETRUCELLI


&&

.AVIATION...IFR CIGS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE COAST THIS MORNING,
THEN VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. IFR CIGS RETURN THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.
INLAND VFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. CUMULUS BUILD
UPS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EAST OF THE CASCADES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE, MAINLY EAST OF THE CASCADES.
-PETRUCELLI


&&

.MARINE...THE CURRENT PATTERN...WITH SOME SLIGHT DAY-TO-DAY VARIATION...WILL
PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE AND A THERMAL
TROUGH OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL COMBINE TO MAINTAIN STEEP WIND
WAVE DOMINATED SEAS AND AREAS OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS INTO THE
WEEKEND...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS FROM CAPE
BLANCO SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO
GALES WITH VERY STEEP SEAS THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE
BLANCO. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE ON THE GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS...AS
MODELS CONTINUE TO POSTPONE THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS. IN ANY
CASE...THE GALES WILL BE LOW END. /FB


&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
     EVENING FOR ORZ624-625.

CA...NONE.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL
     5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
     PZZ356-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ356-376.
     GALE WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
     PZZ376.

$$