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FXUS66 KMFR 180249  
AFDMFR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
749 PM PDT WED SEP 17 2025  
   
DISCUSSION  
THE FORECAST THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING REMAINS ON  
TRACK AND NO UPDATES ARE NEEDED. HOWEVER CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE  
FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODELS ARE IN RELATIVELY GOOD  
AGREEMENT SHOWING MID LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH  
FROM REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM MARIO MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE  
CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT TRIGGER AND  
INSTABLITY HAS RAISED CONCERNS FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR  
PORTIONS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, WESTERN MODOC COUNTY, NORTHERN  
CASCADES TOWARDS CRATER LAKE, AND SOUTHEAST KLAMATH COUNTY. THE  
OPERATIONAL MODELS AND A FEW OF THE CAMS ALSO SHOW CONVECTIVE  
FEEDBACK LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY NO MEANS IS THIS  
A SLAM DUNK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS HOT SOMETHING THAT CAN  
AND SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED AND FELT IT WAS BEST TO LEAN ON THE  
SIDE OF CAUTION.  
 
MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH  
THURSDAY NIGHT AND WITH A FEW CONVECTIVE SHOWERS THAT COULD LINGER  
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW OF THE CAMS SHOW MOST OF THE  
SHOWERS COULD SET UP IN EASTERN SISKIYOU, MODOC AND SOUTHEAST LAKE  
AND KLAMATH COUNTY WHILE A COUPLE OF OTHERS ALONG WITH THE  
OPERATIONAL MODELS DO NOT.  
 
MID LEVEL MOISTURE, INSTABILITY AND TRIGGER WILL BE PRESENT FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER THE ONE FLY IN THE OINTMENT THAT  
COULD PUT A CAP OR EVEN PREVENT STORMS FROM FORMING WILL BE THE  
AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER WHICH COULD END UP BEING SUFFICIENT ENOUGH  
TO KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE MORE STABLE, THUS THE NET RESULT BEING  
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS. -PETRUCELLI  
 
 
   
AVIATION...8/00Z TAFS  
IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS IN LOW CLOUDS AND  
FOG OVER MOST AREAS OFFSHORE ARE PUSHING INTO THE COAST NORTH OF  
CAPE BLANCO THIS EVENING, AND WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  
LOWER CEILINGS MAY ALSO MAKE IT INTO PORTIONS OF THE UMPQUA BASIN,  
INCLUDING AT KRBG LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LOWER  
FLIGHT CONDITIONS SHOULD RETREAT BACK TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE BY  
LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE, GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE  
ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR INLAND LOCATIONS WITH TYPICAL  
DIURNAL BREEZES. -BPN/BR-Y  
 
 
   
MARINE...UPDATED 800 PM PDT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025  
 
GUSTY NORTH WINDS BUILD ACROSS AREA WATERS TONIGHT. STEEP TO VERY  
STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO, WITH POSSIBLE GALE  
GUSTS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO. THESE CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH AT  
LEAST FRIDAY MORNING BUT COULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  
GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS ARE THEN EXPECTED  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. -BPN  
 
 
   
MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
OR...CA...NONE.  
 
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS  
EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.  
 
GALE WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR  
PZZ356-376.  
 
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT  
FRIDAY FOR PZZ370.  
 
 
 
 
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