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PZZ310 Coos bay bar- coastal waters from cape blanco or to pt. St. George ca out 10 nm- waters from cape blanco or to pt. St. George ca from 10 to 60 nm- 134 pm pdt Wed may 29 2013 a long-duration moderate to strong north wind event is expected to last from this weekend into early next week. Winds should begin to increase Friday into Saturday - .peaking Sunday with storm force wind gusts possible. Very steep and hazardous waves will accompany this wind event and mariners should prepare for dangerous conditions at sea. The strongest winds and highest seas will occur beyond 5 nm from shore.

PZZ300 829 Am Pdt Sun May 5 2024
Synopsis for the southern oregon coastal waters - Expect scattered showers and dominant fresh swell today. Southwest winds will increase to near gale force with another front tonight into Monday morning. Moderate swell-dominated seas follow Monday into Tuesday. A thermal trough will develop Tuesday afternoon with gusty north winds and steep wind-driven seas peaking late Wednesday, but persisting into Thursday night. The thermal trough will weaken late in the week.

FXUS66 KMFR 051550 AFDMFR

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Medford OR 850 AM PDT Sun May 5 2024

DISCUSSION
The forecast is on track for today. Cloud cover remains over much of northern California and southern Oregon, but activity is mostly limited to showers east of the Cascades.
Moderate shower chances (40-70%) will remain over the Oregon coast and the Cascades today with lesser chances in between, but any amounts will be light. For early Monday morning, a Freeze Warning has been issued for the Shasta and Scott valleys for expected temperatures in the high 20s to low 30s.

Please see the previous discussion for additional details on the short- and long-term forecasts. -TAD

AVIATION
05/12Z TAFs...Worst conditions today will be near the Cascades north of Highway 140 eastward to Winter Rim, the Warners and points east of there as low pressure to the east wraps moisture back across those areas with MVFR ceilings and occasional IFR visibility in snow showers. Snow showers will mix with rain showers this afternoon over lower elevations of the East Side. Klamath Falls will have some gusty west winds (up to 30 kt at times).

West of the Cascades, expect mostly a mix of VFR/MVFR, with MVFR ceilings/visibilities most likely in heavier showers. Showers can occur just about anywhere, but are most likely nearest the coast, inland over the coast ranges, and into the Umpqua Basin. Area wide, higher terrain will experience obscuration at times. -Spilde

MARINE
Updated 800 AM Sunday, May 5, 2024...Expect scattered showers and dominant fresh swell today. Southwest winds will increase to near gale force with another front tonight into Monday morning. Moderate swell-dominated seas follow Monday into Tuesday. A thermal trough will develop Tuesday afternoon with gusty north winds and steep wind-driven seas, strongest south of Cape Blanco. Wind speeds will peak late Wednesday, but strong northerly winds will persist into Thursday night. The thermal trough will weaken Friday into next weekend. -DW

PREV DISCUSSION
/Issued 502 AM PDT Sun May 5 2024/

DISCUSSION...Radar imagery is showing showers along and east of the Cascades that appear to be almost stationary. Meanwhile, a few isolated showers are moving across portions of the west side. This is part of a low pressure system that is beginning to meander across southern Oregon and northern California today. Snow levels will be relatively low, around 3500 feet or so; but with the showery nature of precipitation today, do not expect a lot of impacts due to snow, especially with it being May. These showers will begin to dissipate later this evening and tonight as the low pushes eastward away from the area and a brief break is expected.

Additionally, we are tracking the potential for freezing temperatures west of the Cascades, especially for the Scott and Shasta Valleys in Siskiyou County. An 80 to 90 percent chance for temperatures at or lower than 32 degrees is expected through 8 AM this morning and a freeze warning remains in effect. Meanwhile, a 70 percent chance for freezing temperatures is expected once again Sunday night into Monday morning despite temperatures being a little warmer. For West Side Valleys in Oregon, the chances for reaching freezing temperatures are lower--about 35% in the southern Illinois and Applegate Valleys--this morning, and those chances will further decrease again tonight as temperatures are supposed to be a little warmer.

On Monday, another disturbance will push through the area, keeping moderate temperatures and modest shower chances once again. A few embedded thunderstorms may be possible as well. However, with the weak nature of this impulse and the bulk of precipitation occurring in showers should preclude any significant impacts due to snowfall.

Once the impulse leaves the area, the weather pattern will change as a ridge builds into the area. This will allow southern Oregon and northern California to warm up and dry out. This ridge is likely to linger through the extended forecast. -Schaaf

MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
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Freeze Warning from 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Monday for CAZ080-081.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM PDT Monday for PZZ350-356-370-376.

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