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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 200 PM PDT FRI MAY 24 2013 CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-252200- 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 200 PM PDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...A COLD AND WET START FOR THE CAMPING SEASON... THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WILL BE A COOL AND WET ONE OVER SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY OCCURRING SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER LAKE AND MODOC COUNTIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES FOR THE MOST PART WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS. AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS SHOWERS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE 40S OVER THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS AND IN THE 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. THE SATURDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL BE AROUND FIVE DEGREES WARMER THAN FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE 60S OVER THE VALLEYS AND IN THE 50S OVER THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL BE AROUND FIVE DEGREES COOLER THAN SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE MOST AREAS...ABOUT 6000 TO 8000 FEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...RISING TO 7000 TO 9000 FEET IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. MONDAY WILL BE THE WETTEST DAY OF THE THREE DAY WEEKEND. A WARM FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE COAST RANGE OF SOUTHWEST OREGON...INCLUDING THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS...AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 40S TO MIDDLE 50S OVER THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS AND IN THE MIDDLE 30S TO MIDDLE 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO MIDDLE 60S IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MIDDLE 40S TO MIDDLE 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN IN THE 7000 TO 9000 FOOT RANGE. THOSE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR COOL AND WET WEATHER. $$ STOCKTON