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FXUS66 KMFR 172118  
AFDMFR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
218 PM PDT WED SEP 17 2025  
   
DISCUSSION  
TODAY HAS SOME OF THE WARMEST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES  
FOR AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES AS THE THERMAL TROUGH CONTINUES  
MOVING INLAND. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 70S AND 80S EAST TODAY. THE  
WARMEST LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CASCADES WILL BE IN THE ROGUE  
VALLEY. MEDFORD IS AT 84 DEGREES AS OF 1 PM, AND IS EXPECTED TO  
WARM TO 90 LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
TROPICAL STORM MARIO IS LOOKING TO INTERACT WITH THE MAIN FLOW  
TOMORROW AND CAUSE AN UPPER TROUGH TO THE NORTHWEST TO SLOW ITS  
MOVEMENT EAST. THERE ARE STILL MODEL DISAGREEMENTS, EVEN IN THE  
CAMS. THEREFORE, A 10-25% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS HAS BEEN ADDED FOR MORE  
OF SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTIES TOMORROW NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY  
THIS 15-25% CHANCE COULD EXPAND NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE  
OREGON/CALIFORNIA BORDER. SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN  
KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES WILL HAVE A 10-20% CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING  
FRIDAY AS THE LOW MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA.  
 
THERE IS ALSO ONLY SOME AGREEMENT ON LOCATION FOR RAIN CHANCES  
SATURDAY. WHILE MODELS ALIGN MORE FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SEE  
RAIN SATURDAY, MORE UNCERTAINTY LIES NEAR AND EAST OF THE CASCADES.  
FOR NOW, THERE IS A 15-25% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS NEAR THE TRINITY HORN.  
 
OTHER THAN THESE RAIN CHANCES, THINGS WILL REMAIN CONSTANT WITH NEAR  
TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT  
TIMEFRAME TO WATCH FOR WOULD BE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS AN  
UPPER TROUGH SWINGS DOWN INTO THE PNW. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON UPDATE,  
WE ARE SHOWING THE MORE BULLISH MODELS THAT HAVE THE PRECIPITATION  
COMING IN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
 
   
AVIATION...17/18Z TAFS  
LIFR CONDITIONS PERSIST ALONG THE COAST  
SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH AND OVER THE MARINE WATERS WITH MVFR CEILINGS  
JUST OFFSHORE NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO. CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING ALONG  
THE COAST, BUT THIS IMPROVEMENT WILL LIKELY ONLY LAST THROUGH THE  
AFTERNOON WHEN GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE AT THEIR STRONGEST. IFR/LIFR  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO  
THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR INLAND LOCATIONS WITH TYPICAL  
DIURNAL BREEZES TODAY. /BR-Y  
 
 
   
MARINE...UPDATED 215 PM PDT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025  
 
TONIGHT, GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS BUILD ACROSS AREA WATERS. 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.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
UPDATED 200 PM PDT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,  
2025...SEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES WITH LOW DAY TIME RHS (TEENS-20S)  
WILL CONTINUE TODAY, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL TREND SOMEWHAT LOWER AND  
RHS SOMEWHAT HIGHER WEST OF THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. EAST OF THE  
CASCADES, CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF YESTERDAY.  
ONSHORE FLOW HAS RETURNED SO EXPECT MORE TYPICAL DIURNAL BREEZES  
TODAY INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND OF NORTHEASTERLY  
WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING, BUT RECOVERIES WILL CONTINUE  
THE IMPROVING TREND COMPARED TO EARLY IN THE WEEK.  
 
CONFIDENCE HASN'T REALLY IMPROVED MUCH REGARDING THUNDER POTENTIAL  
FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH  
THE REGION TODAY, BUT WILL STALL OFFSHORE IN RESPONSE TO THE  
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM MARIO MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE  
CALIFORNIA COAST. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING HOW FAR NORTH  
AND WEST THIS MOISTURE MAKES IT, AND THE HIGH RESOLUTION CONVECTION  
MODELS SHOW QUITE THE SPREAD ON WHERE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
POSSIBLE. THEY DO AGREE, HOWEVER, ON MOISTURE NOT ARRIVING UNTIL  
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND MAINTAIN THE BEST CHANCES SOUTH OF  
THE OR/CA BORDER, SO WE'VE INCLUDED THIS IN THE FORECAST UPDATE FOR  
THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT BRING STORMS INTO  
JACKSON/JOSEPHINE COUNTIES AND/OR SOUTHERN KLAMATH/LAKE COUNTIES  
WHILE OTHERS KEEP THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED SOUTH OF THE OR/CA BORDER,  
SO THERE COULD BE UPDATES TO THE FORECAST OVER THE COMING SHIFTS. AT  
THIS POINT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BIG LIGHTNING EVENT, AND IN  
COORDINATION WITH LOCAL FIRE AGENCIES, WILL MAINTAIN A HEADLINE FOR  
THIS POTENTIAL IN THE FWF UNLESS THE COVERAGE OF LIGHTNING TRENDS  
HIGHER OVER THE UPCOMING DAYS.  
 
OVER THE WEEKEND, THE TROPICAL REMNANTS WILL GET SWEPT INTO THE  
WESTERLIES ON SATURDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH PASSES THROUGH THE REGION,  
BUT THUNDER CHANCES COULD LINGER ACROSS EASTERN LAKE/MODOC COUNTIES  
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WE EXPECT PERIODS OF ENHANCED BREEZES THIS  
WEEKEND AS A FEW DRY FRONTS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION, BUT WE DON'T  
EXPECT ANY MEANINGFUL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND...MAYBE SOME LIGHT  
PRECIP ACROSS FAR NORTHERN AREAS ON SUNDAY. MEANWHILE A CUT OFF LOW  
WILL LINGER OFFSHORE OF CALIFORNIA, FAR ENOUGH WEST THAT WE AREN'T  
CONCERNED ABOUT A THUNDERSTORM PATTERN. THIS WILL COME INTO PLAY  
AROUND MID-WEEK NEXT WEEK AS IT TOO, FINALLY GETS SWEPT UP INTO THE  
MAIN FLOW AND POTENTIALLY BRINGS A MORE WIDESPREAD APPRECIABLE  
WETTING RAINFALL IN THE SEPTEMBER 23RD-26TH TIMEFRAME. DETAILS AT  
THIS TIME RANGE OF COURSE ARE UNCLEAR, BUT NUMEROUS MEMBERS IN THE  
ENSEMBLE SUITE OF SOLUTIONS ARE PINPOINTING THIS TIMEFRAME AS WETTER  
AND COOLER. STAY TUNED AS THE TIME DRAWS NEARER. /BR-Y  
 
 
   
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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