882  
FXUS66 KMFR 100024  
AFDMFR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
524 PM PDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION.  
 

 
   
AVIATION...10/00Z TAFS
 
A MOIST PATTERN CONTINUES, WITH WIDESPREAD  
SHOWERS FROM THE CASCADES WEST AND SCATTERED SHOWERS EAST OF THE  
CASCADES. ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAIN RISKS WITH  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING, BUT GUSTY WINDS  
ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  
 
ALONG THE COAST, MVFR AND IFR WITH AREAS OF LIFR ARE EXPECTED  
OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, LIFTING TO A MIX OF VFR AND MVFR IN  
THE AFTERNOON. INLAND, CONDITIONS WILL BE MAINLY VFR WITH AREAS OF  
MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS AS WELL AS AS AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS IN THE  
UMPQUA VALLEY THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 

 
   
PREV DISCUSSION
 
/ISSUED 220 PM PDT TUE SEP 9 2025/  
 
DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE ONSHORE THIS THROUGH  
THIS EVENING. THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO PIVOT NEAR THE COAST,  
CONSOLIDATE, AND THEN HEAD ACROSS NORCAL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.  
THE AIR MASS IS QUITE JUICY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. KMFR SOUNDINGS  
FROM MONDAY EVENING INDICATE PWATS AT AROUND 1.20", WHICH IS UP  
AROUND THE 90TH PERCENTILE FOR THE DATE. WITH THE UPPER LOW MOVING  
OVERHEAD TODAY, WE'LL SEE A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS, AND IN LINE WITH THAT IDEA, CURRENT RADAR IS  
SHOWING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON, WITH  
DRIER AREAS ALONG THE FAR EAST SIDE AND A "HOLE-IN-THE-DONUT"  
RIGHT OVER THE ROGUE VALLEY. RAINFALL WITH THESE SHOWERS HAS BEEN  
MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE, ALTHOUGH A FEW HAVE RESULTED IN SOME  
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY LIGHTNING IN THE AREA  
SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON, BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME TALL, SKINNY  
CAPE AND THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME LIGHTNING AGAIN, ESPECIALLY THIS  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PROFILES WEST OF THE CASCADES ARE  
EXHIBITING ALMOST- TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS, SO STORMS SHOULD HAVE  
FAIRLY WEAK UPDRAFTS, BUT DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE  
ATMOSPHERE, THE MAIN RISK WITH STORMS TODAY WILL BE HEAVY  
DOWNPOURS. EXPECT HIGH TEMPS ABOUT 10-15F BELOW NORMAL FOR MOST  
INLAND AREAS, UP TO 20F IN SOME CASES. HOWEVER, COASTAL AREAS WILL  
HAVE HIGH TEMPS RIGHT AROUND NORMAL.  
 
THE MAIN AXIS OF ACTIVITY (SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS) WILL SHIFT  
FROM WEST OF THE CASCADES TODAY TO NORCAL AND FROM THE CASCADES  
EASTWARD (80% POPS) ON WEDNESDAY AS THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW  
MOVES INTO NE CALIFORNIA. THE RESULTING FLOW WILL LEAD TO UPSLOPE  
RAIN PRODUCTION ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES, BUT THE  
DOWNSLOPING WILL RESULT IN LESS SHOWER CHANCES TO THE WEST. THERE  
WILL STILL BE SOME SHOWERS FROM THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS WESTWARD ON  
WEDNESDAY, BUT SHOWER CHANCES DIMINISH TO 30% OR LESS NEAR THE  
COAST. WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER COOL AFTERNOON WITH HIGH TEMPS  
LARGELY 10-15F (UP TO 20F IN SOME AREAS AGAIN) BELOW NORMAL,  
EXCEPT NEAR NORMAL AT THE COAST. WETTING RAINFALL SHOULD BE  
REALIZED IN MOST AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES.  
 
ON THURSDAY, WE EXPECT A BROAD CIRCULATION TO BE OVER THE GREAT  
BASIN, SO THIS SHOULD PUSH THE MAIN FOCUS AREAS FOR SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS TO NEAR AND EAST OF THE CASCADES.  
 
BY FRIDAY, A SHORT WAVE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE WEST  
COAST, SO MOST AREAS WILL DRY OUT AND WARM UP. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE  
CLOSER TO NORMAL WEST OF THE CASCADES, BUT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED  
SHOWERS COULD LINGER OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE WHERE HIGHS  
TEMPS WILL STILL BE ABOUT 10F BELOW NORMAL. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL  
REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY AND SHOWER CHANCES SHOULD REMAIN  
LOW INLAND (BUT UP TO 30% AT THE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON).  
 
THEN, MODELS ARE SHOWING ANOTHER TROUGH MOVING IN SATURDAY NIGHT  
INTO SUNDAY. THERE ARE STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH TIMING AND  
STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM, BUT SHOWERS CHANCES INCREASE TO LIKELY  
(~60%) NEAR THE COAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND EVENTUALLY INLAND DURING  
SUNDAY. THIS BRINGS A BRIEF COOL DOWN, BUT ANOTHER UPPER RIDGE  
COULD RETURN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. -SPILDE/BPN  
 
MARINE...UPDATED 200 PM PDT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025...SHOWERS  
WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BELOW ADVISORY  
CONDITIONS LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MIDWEEK, THOUGH NORTH WINDS  
COULD BE BRIEFLY GUSTY, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO, TONIGHT  
INTO WEDNESDAY.  
 
NORTHERLY WINDS COULD BE A BIT STRONGER IN THE FAVORED  
LOCATION SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD AND BETWEEN 5 AND 30 NM FROM SHORE  
DURING THE AFTERNOONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WHILE SUB-ADVISORY  
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND  
INTO THE WEEKEND, SEAS DO INCREASE SOME DURING THE LATTER HALF OF  
THE WEEK (FROM 3-5 FT TO 5-7 FT)AS A LOW NORTHWEST SWELL (5-6 FT @  
12-14 SECONDS) BUILDS INTO THE WATERS STARTING THURSDAY AND  
PERSISTING INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OR...NONE.  
 
CA...NONE.  
 
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
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