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FXUS66 KMFR 210540
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1040 PM PDT SAT JUL 20 2019
UPDATED AVIATION SECTION
UPDATE
A FEW CHANGES WERE NECESSARY THIS EVENING TO BRING THE
SKY COVER FORECAST IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT SATELLITE AND STATION
OBSERVATIONS. A THIN LINE OF CLOUDS HAS DEVELOPED JUST INLAND OF
THE COAST FROM BANDON TO NORTH BEND AND UP TO REEDSPORT.
MEANWHILE, SOME RESIDUAL CUMULUS CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SISKIYOU, MODOC, AND LAKE COUNTIES. OTHERWISE, CLEAR
SKIES ARE THE RULE, ALTHOUGH FURTHER CLOUD DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ALONG THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE REST OF THE FORECAST, SEE THE PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION BELOW. -BPN
AVIATION...FOR THE 21/06Z TAFS
FOR INLAND AREAS, VFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. HOWEVER,
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE EAST
SIDE (GENERALLY EAST OF KLAMATH FALLS) SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
SCOTT/SALMON MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY.
ALONG THE COAST, ESPECIALLY FROM CAPE BLANCO NORTHWARD AND ALSO FROM
GOLD BEACH SOUTHWARD, EXPECT AREAS OF IFR/LIFR LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY
FOG TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SOME CLOUDS/FOG WILL SPREAD INTO THE
COASTAL VALLEYS AND ALSO THE LOWER UMPQUA BASIN NORTH AND WEST OF
ROSEBURG. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TO VFR IN MOST AREAS BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, BUT LOW CLOUDS/FOG LIKELY RETURN TO THE SAME AREAS
SUNDAY EVENING. -SPILDE
MARINE...UPDATED 830 PM PDT SATURDAY 20 JULY 2019
THE THERMAL
TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
SEAS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT OVER ALL THE WATERS TONIGHT WILL EASE
BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER, WINDS
AND SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. CALMER WINDS AND SEAS WILL COVER ALL WATERS
BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
A STRONG THERMAL TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO BUILD TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT
WEEK. GALE FORCE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK WHEN THIS STRONG THERMAL TROUGH IS IN
PLACE. -SARGEANT/SPILDE
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 505 PM PDT SAT JUL 20 2019/
DISCUSSION...
IT'S ANOTHER QUIET AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY RUNNING
1 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY, EXCEPT IN
BROOKINGS, WHERE TEMPERATURES LAST HOUR WERE 15 DEGREES COOLER
THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME.
ONE ITEM TO NOTE THIS AFTERNOON IS A BIT OF STRATUS THAT HAS
DEVELOPED IN THE CHARLESTON AND CAPE ARAGO AREAS, AND TO A LESSER
DEGREE, IN A SMALL AREA SOUTHWEST OF REEDSPORT ALONG THE COAST
AND BETWEEN DENMARK AND CAPE BLANCO. IN THESE AREAS, A BREEZY TO
WINDY NORTHERLY FLOW IS PROVIDING ENOUGH LIFT ON THE TERRAIN TO
RESULT IN SOME CLOUDINESS. THIS IS LIKELY TO EBB AND FLOW THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON, BEFORE THE MARINE LAYER INCREASES ALONG AND NEAR
THE COAST AND INTO THE UMPQUA BASIN THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
ANOTHER ITEM OF NOTE IS SOME CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORCAL
AND FROM THE CASCADES EAST. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASING
MOISTURE IN THE MID-LEVELS, MAINLY AT THE 700MB LEVEL. THIS IS A
SIGN OF THINGS TO COME FOR SUNDAY, POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO MONDAY
AND TUESDAY, AS A SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT MOVES NORTHWARD
INTO THE AREA.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE EXPECTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MODOC, LAKE, AND KLAMATH
COUNTIES, AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PART OF
SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE TRINITY ALPS, SCOTT MOUNTAINS, AND SCOTT
VALLEY AREAS. THE FEATURE TO WATCH SHOWS UP WELL AS A LOW
PRESSURE SWIRL ON THE GOES15 AND GOES17 WATER VAPOR CHANNELS THIS
AFTERNOON WEST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST WEST OF LA AND SAN DIEGO. MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH AT 500MB ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THIS FEATURE,
RELATED VORTICITY ADVECTION, AND INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MENTIONED AREAS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE WATCHED IS MODEL TRENDS WITH THIS FEATURE, AS
THERE ISN'T AS MUCH DATA COMING IN FROM THAT AREA AS THERE IS
FROM OVERLAND AREAS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE MODELS MIGHT NOT HAVE THE
BEST READ ON THIS FEATURE AT THE CURRENT TIME, AND THE EVOLUTION
OF IT IN THE MODEL FIELDS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE TELLING. AS
OF NOW IT APPEARS THAT SUNDAY WILL BRING A RELATIVELY MINOR
AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING, ON THE ORDER OF 20 TO 200 STRIKES, BUT THE
VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVES ACROSS OUR AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THUS, WHILE THE CHANCE IS CURRENTLY SMALL (<10%), IT'S
NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY THEN EAST OF THE CASCADES.
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY THIS FEATURE EDGES EASTWARD LEAVING A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST SIDE, MAINLY OVER
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE AND MODOC COUNTIES.
A SLIGHT COOL DOWN TUESDAY IS LIKELY TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
WARMING TREND FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE A
THREAT OF THUNDER AGAIN FROM THE CASCADES EAST BY NEXT WEEKEND.
BTL
FIRE WEATHER...UPDATED 200 PM PDT SATURDAY 20 JULY 2019...NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY,
BRINGING MODERATE RH RECOVERIES TO THE WEST SIDE RIDGES. INLAND
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL VALUES SUNDAY
AND HUMIDITIES WILL DROP. THE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST IS INTERESTING
AS WE FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THE FORECAST FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
EAST OF THE CASCADES ON SUNDAY. WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY IS A LITTLE
MORE UNCERTAIN, BUT WE DECIDED TO KEEP ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST FOR THAT AREA SUNDAY EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF
THE CASCADES AND IN SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL PROBABLY BE DRY. THERE IS
ALSO A FAIR AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL INSTABILITY THAT PERSISTS SUNDAY
NIGHT JUST WEST OF THE CASCADES. ONE MODEL CONTINUES THE TREND OF
KEEPING THE CASCADE CREST AND AREAS JUST WEST OF THE CREST DRY FOR
SUNDAY NIGHT. WE CONTINUE TO SEE INGREDIENTS SUPPORTING
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA SUNDAY NIGHT, BUT THE WEATHER
MODELS JUST DON'T WANT TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE FORECAST.
OTHERWISE, THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN LAKE AND KLAMATH
CONTINUES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY
KEEPS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. WE ALSO HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN A
WARMING AND DRYING TREND NEXT WEEKEND AS MODELS SUGGEST HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. -SMITH
MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ356-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
PZZ356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ350-370.
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