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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
854 PM PDT THU JUL 16 2026
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION
SYNOPSIS
WARM AND DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE REGION
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DAYTIME
HIGHS EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE LOW 90S BY THE START OF NEXT
WEEK, WHICH WILL RESULT IN POCKETS OF MODERATE HEATRISK ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION CURRENTLY IN
THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
THE LOW WHICH BROUGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL
CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWARD. THIS WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS
CONTINUING TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE DAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW, COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST, BUT THIS WILL BE RATHER
SHORT LIVED AS A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE, WILL SLOWLY BUILD
INTO THE REGION FROM THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK. DAYTIME HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN
THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S FOR INLAND VALLEYS, LOW TO UPPER 60S
ALONG THE COAST AND LOW TO UPPER 70S FOR THE CASCADES. EXPECT
DAYTIME HIGHS TO INCREASE BY 2-4 DEGREES F EACH DAY ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. /42
LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
LOOKING TOWARDS NEXT
WEEK, MODEL ENSEMBLES REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT. WPC 500MB
CLUSTERS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING TO BUILD OVER THE GREAT
BASIN AND PUSH INTO THE PAC NW THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
AS A RESULT, DAYTIME HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE LOW 90S
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE NBM HAS TIGHTENED UP ON THE
TEMPERATURE SPREAD WITH EVERY SUBSEQUENT RUN OVER THE PAST 48
HOURS. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOOK TO BE FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH
MOST AREAS INLAND LOCATIONS HAVING A 45-65% PROBABILITY OF
REACHING AT LEAST 90 DEGREES F AND A 15-30% PROBABILITY OF
REACHING 95 DEGREES F OR HIGHER. WHILE DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE 90S
ARE NOT AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE IN MID TO LATE JULY, THAT DOES
NOT NEGATE THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTS FROM HEAT. SO, FOR THE
START OF NEXT WEEK, THE CURRENT FORECAST DOES HAVE AREAS OF
MODERATE HEATRISK. OVERALL, EXPECT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR
THE START OF NEXT WEEK. /42
AVIATION
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DRIFTS NORTHWARD TOWARDS VANCOUVER
ISLAND. MARINE STRATUS WITH PREDOMINATELY LOWER-END VFR CIGS
REMAINS IN PLACE BOTH INLAND AND AT THE COAST AS OF 04Z. THERE IS
A 40-60% CHANCE FOR MVFR CEILINGS TO REDEVELOP AFTER 12Z FRIDAY
AT INLAND TERMINALS. COASTAL TERMINALS ARE SLIGHTLY MORE LIKELY TO
SEE MVFR CEILINGS REDEVELOP BETWEEN 06-18Z FRIDAY, WITH AT LEAST
AN 80% CHANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS TO VFR BY 19Z FRIDAY.
LASTLY, SMOKE ALOFT IS MOVING NORTH INTO NW OR AND SW WA FROM A
WILDFIRE IN SOUTHWEST OR BURNING TO THE NORTH OF KMFR. THIS MAY
PRODUCE A BROKEN SMOKE LAYER AROUND 15-25 KFT AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY
OVER THE CASCADES.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...BROKEN STRATUS HAS LIFTED TO VFR, THOUGH
THERE REMAINS AROUND A 40-50% CHANCE FOR MVFR CIGS TO REDEVELOP
AROUND 12Z FRIDAY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY 18-19Z FRIDAY AS
SKIES BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 3-5 KT EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. /DH
MARINE
BENIGN CONDITIONS FOR WINDS AND SEAS WITH A TYPICAL
SUMMERTIME PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. NORTHERLY WINDS
AROUND 10-15 KT ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH GUSTS UP
TO APPROXIMATELY 20 KT, EXCEPT UP TO 25 KT THIS WEEKEND TO THE
SOUTH OF CAPE FALCON (60-90% CHANCE). SEAS AROUND 4 TO 6 FT AT 8
SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SEAS TO
INCREASE SLIGHTLY TO 6 TO 9 FT WHILE BECOMING STEEPER SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, BRINGING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER
BAR FOR A STRONG EBB CURRENT AND CHOPPY SEAS THURSDAY MORNING FROM
4 AM TO 10 AM. -23
PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ210.
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