Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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534 FXUS66 KMFR 280406 AFDMFR Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Medford OR 906 PM PDT Thu Jun 27 2024 .DISCUSSION....Weak ridging will remain over the area tonight. Some marine stratus is expected to develop later on and may also impact portions of the Camas Valley/Umpqua Basin. Other than that, skies are clear and will remain that way overnight. No changes are planned this evening. Please see previous discussion below for details regarding weather Friday into this weekend and beyond. -Spilde && .AVIATION...28/00Z TAFS...Some lower cu is lingering across Oregon this evening with VFR conditions across the rest of the region. We`re anticipating some more IFR to LIFR ceilings along the coast tonight as high pressure builds. Some of MVFR ceilings will spread into the Umpqua Basin over KRBG later tonight. Some data shows high confidence in ceilings less than 1000 feet, some models show lacking moisture in the boundary layer overnight. Clear skies are anticipated for most of the afternoon and evening on Friday. -Smith && .MARINE...Updated 245 PM Thursday, June 27, 2024...A return of gusty northerly winds is present through tomorrow, with steep seas affecting areas south of Cape Blanco. Winds and seas will peak late tomorrow afternoon and evening, with steep seas continuing south of Cape Blanco. Winds and seas lower Saturday and Sunday. Then gusty northerly winds and elevated seas are expected early next week. -Hermansen && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 218 PM PDT Thu Jun 27 2024/ DISCUSSION...Weak ridging has started to build into the region today, contributing to the slow erosion of this morning`s marine stratus along the coast and in the Umpqua Basin. The pattern of westerly flow aloft looks to produce a stable air mass over our area during the next week, with near or very slightly above normal temperatures from tomorrow/Friday into early next week. The slow passage of another weaker trough is expected to bring high clouds across the area Friday night into early Saturday, and also increase the coverage and duration of coastal low clouds Saturday night through Monday night, especially north of Cape Blanco. This same system may destabilize the atmosphere enough to produce some isolated thunderstorms east of the Cascades Sunday afternoon. Only a few model solutions indicate this, and the expected pattern is one that has been known to produce convection before, but given the dry conditions, confidence is too low to include thunder at this time. There is a likelihood of further warming from Tuesday through the long holiday weekend (Day 6 through 10), and a little more than 50% of ECMWF ensemble members indicate strong warming by Thursday. Meantime, the mean and majority solution of GEFS members is not quite as bullish. So, the most likely scenarios are hot or very hot. The warmer scenario for late in the week would also include both an episode of northeast low level winds with downslope warming for Brookings, and then up to a few days of stronger westerly winds on the east side. -DW/BPN AVIATION 27/18Z TAFS...Marine moisture is sustaining low ceilings along the Oregon coast, with MVFR ceilings and local IFR. Local visibility reductions are possible in drizzle. Low clouds will clear through this morning with conditions becoming VFR along the coast. Inland, mid level clouds and local MVFR ceilings are present from the Cascades west this morning. These ceilings will continue clearing and turn to VFR today. East of the Cascades and across northern California, VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. -Hermansen MARINE...Updated 215 PM Thursday, June 27, 2024...A return of gusty northerly winds is present through tomorrow, with steep seas affecting areas south of Cape Blanco. Winds and seas will peak late tomorrow afternoon and evening, with steep seas continuing south of Cape Blanco and an area of very steep hazardous seas possible between 5 and 20 nm from shore south of Brookings. Winds and seas lower Saturday and Sunday. Then gusty northerly winds and elevated seas are expected early next week. -Hermansen && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...CA...None. PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM PDT Saturday for PZZ356-376. && $$ MAS/CZS