Critical Fire Weather in the Plains; Severe Thunderstorms in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes

Anomalously warm, dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the Intermountain West into the central and southern Plains today. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the upper Mississippi River Valley to the Great Lakes tonight through the day Tuesday. Damaging gusts, hail, and heavy rainfall are likely. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory until March 31, 05:00 AM PDT

For More Weather Information:

Medford, OR Local Forecast Office

8NM SSE Brookings OR

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

Today
Light Wind
4-5ft

Small Craft Advisory
Tonight
Light Wind
4ft

Small Craft Advisory
Tuesday
⇑SSW 6kt
4ft
Tuesday Night
⇑S 6kt
7ft
Wednesday
S 19kt
8-9ft
Wednesday Night
WSW 13kt
7-9ft
Thursday
⇑WNW 7kt
11-12ft
Thursday Night
NW 8kt⇓
8-10ft
Friday
⇑NNW 10kt
6-8ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 4:41 am PDT Mar 30, 2026
Forecast Valid: 5am PDT Mar 30, 2026-6pm PDT Apr 5, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

Today

Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mixed swell...NW 3 ft at 11 seconds and N 0 to 2 ft at 11 seconds decreasing to at 0 seconds ...becoming WNW 3 ft at 10 seconds . Wind waves 2 to 3 ft.

Tonight

Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of showers, mainly before 4am. WNW swell 4 ft at 9 seconds. Wind waves around 2 ft.

Tuesday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming SSW around 6 kt in the afternoon. A chance of showers. WNW swell 4 ft at 8 seconds. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Tuesday Night

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S around 6 kt after midnight. Rain, mainly after 11pm. WNW swell 7 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Wednesday

S wind 10 to 19 kt, with gusts as high as 28 kt. Rain. WNW swell 7 ft. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft.

Wednesday Night

WSW wind 8 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. Rain before 8pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 11pm, then rain after 11pm. W swell 6 to 7 ft. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft.

Thursday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 5 to 7 kt in the afternoon. Rain. W swell 10 to 11 ft. Wind waves around 5 ft.

Thursday Night

NW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. A chance of rain. WNW swell 8 to 10 ft. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft.

Friday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming NNW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Sunny. WNW swell 6 to 8 ft. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft.

*Notices:

This forecast is for a single location. For safety concerns, mariners should be aware of the weather over a larger area. Forecast information for a larger area can be found within the zone forecast and the NDFD graphics.
The forecast conditions at a particular point may not exceed the criteria of a Small Craft Advisory, Gale, Storm etc. These watches/warnings/advisories are issued for the entire zone in which the point resides and mariners should act accordingly.