Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Crescent City, CA
June 2, 2024 3:57 PM PDT (22:57 UTC) Change Location
 | Sunrise 5:44 AM Sunset 8:44 PM Moonrise 2:11 AM Moonset 3:45 PM |
PZZ356 Coastal Waters From Cape Blanco Or To Pt. St. George Ca Out 10 Nm- 254 Pm Pdt Sun Jun 2 2024
.small craft advisory in effect through late Monday night - .
Today - S wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt late this morning and afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: S 5 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of rain early this morning, then a chance of rain this morning. Rain this afternoon.
Tonight - S wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: sw 5 ft at 5 seconds and W 6 ft at 10 seconds. Rain.
Mon - W wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to S in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 6 seconds and W 8 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning.
Mon night - S wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming se 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Wave detail: nw 3 ft at 6 seconds, W 8 ft at 10 seconds and sw 2 ft at 16 seconds.
Tue - S wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Wave detail: nw 2 ft at 5 seconds, W 8 ft at 11 seconds and sw 2 ft at 16 seconds.
Tue night - W wind around 5 kt, veering to N after midnight. Seas 7 to 8 ft, building to 9 to 11 ft after midnight. Wave detail: W 10 ft at 14 seconds and sw 2 ft at 17 seconds.
Wed - N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft.
Wed night - N wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 13 to 14 ft, subsiding to 10 to 12 ft after midnight.
Thu - N wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
Thu night - N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft, subsiding to 6 to 9 ft after midnight.
PZZ300 254 Pm Pdt Sun Jun 2 2024
Synopsis for the southern oregon coastal waters - Steep wind driven seas will move through the waters through this evening and into tonight. A cold front will move inland Monday morning with winds shifting to the west and gradually diminishing behind the front. Seas will still remain hazardous to smaller crafts on Monday and Tuesday as a steep swell persists. These sea conditions will likely continue mid week with stronger northerlies developing Wednesday and Thursday.
FXUS66 KMFR 022121 AFDMFR
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Medford OR 221 PM PDT Sun Jun 2 2024
SHORT TERM
Through Wednesday morning...A warm front is bringing light, steady showers across areas west of the Cascades this afternoon. Amounts have been light so far, with Brookings getting 0.25 inches of rainfall and other coastal areas at 0.1 inches or less. Roseburg has gotten a couple hundreths of an inch, and sidewalks are wet in Medford. Radar shows that the Cascades are blocking anything substantial from traveling farther eastward.
Overall, the coast and the Cascades will get 0.33 to 0.5 inches of rainfall from this first front
A trailing cold front will bring more substantial precipitation this evening into Monday morning thanks to a plume of moisture from an atmospheric river. Periods of moderate to heavy rainfall are expected along the Oregon coast, coastal ranges, and the Cascades.
NBM outcomes show areas north of Gold Beach getting 0.15 to 0.25 inches per hour through this evening and areas around Brookings getting 0.4 to 0.5 inches of rainfall per hour from near midnight and into Monday morning. The Cascades will also be seeing rainfall rates of 0.25 to 0.33 inches per hour from this evening into tomorrow morning. While these rainfall rates don't meet any hazard criteria, anything that impacts nighttime driving conditions is noteworthy. Slick roads from layers of water or from oils brought to the surface are possible hazards and are worth being aware of. Urban ponding is also a possibility, especially in areas with poor drainage or accumulated debris. Some amount of rainfall is expected across the area, but in much lower and generally non-impactful amounts.
Elevated and gusty winds are expected for areas east of the Cascades early Monday morning into Monday afternoon, with gusts likely (40- 60%) to exceed 40 mph over higher terrain. A Wind Advisory is in place for parts of Lake County expected to see the strongest winds, including the Winter Rim, Christmas Valley, and areas east of Adel.
This Advisory is in place from 11 PM tonight through Monday at 5 PM. Please see NPWMFR for more details.
Conditions start to calm on Tuesday under zonal flow aloft. Slight precipitation chances (10-30%) will linger over the coast north of Cape Blanco. Inland temperatures will jump quickly, with west side valleys forecast to reach the low to mid 80s and areas east of the Cascades will be in the mid to high 70s. Increasing temperatures will continue into the long-term forecast. -TAD
LONG TERM
Wednesday through Sunday...
BY Wednesday morning, upper level ridging will have built in over the western half of the country, bringing an end to the slight chance of showers over the northern portions of the area. By Wednesday evening, however, the ridge will shift slightly to the east, with the main ridge axis extending north along the Rocky Mountains from Mexico. Meanwhile, a closed low is expected to develop just west of Baja California, creating a conduit for warm, moist air to feed north from the tropics and into portions of southern Oregon and far northern California. This pattern is then forecast to remain relatively similar through the rest of the week and into the week, before breaking down under pressure form the next approaching trough over the weekend.
All of this will result in a very warm forecast for the area, with inland high temperatures of around 15 to 20 degrees above normal for early June. Some of our warmer spots, such as the Rogue Valley and the valleys of Siskiyou County, may even touch on the triple digits Friday and/or Saturday. Most coastal areas will be warm as well, although not quite as warm as the inland areas, with the exception of a very warm Bookings, where a Chetco effect is expected to develop along with the thermal trough, and high 80s or low 90s are quite possible Wednesday and Thursday. One thing could significantly limit how hot highs will be late in the week: clouds.
With the moist inflow form the south, we will also be concerned with a daily threat of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, or even overnight thunderstorms, as some models suggest and the pattern would support. The main area of concern for convection will be northern California and areas along and east of the Cascades, where moisture will be most abundant and lifting mechanisms will be strongest, but we can not rule out a stray storm or two making it over to the West Side. Wherever the storms may be, clouds are likely to spread over much of the area, and these will be the wild card in terms of how high the highs get throughout the rest of the week.
Late this weekend or early next week, another trough approaches the area from the west, putting pressure on the ridge and Baja low, shifting them to the east. However, the exact nature of this trough is very uncertain, with a wide range of possibilities across the model suites. There does seem to be two major possibilities. The first would be a trough that simply replaces the previous one off of Baja, while the ridge remains in control overhead, and this would result in continued warmth and keep us under threat of convection.
The other solution has the trough arriving later, but fulling eroding the ridge, allowing for a brief cooling trend and reducing the threat of convection, at least temporarily. Hopefully the model suites can come to a better consensus on the forecast, but this may take several cycles given the known difficulty models have with closed low scenarios. -BPN
AVIATION
02/18Z TAFs...MVFR and IFR levels are present along the Oregon coast as a warm front approaches from the Pacific, with VFR levels presently over inland areas. Radar is showing showers across areas west of the Cascades, with rainfall frequently affecting visibilities at North Bend. Very little activity is getting east of the Cascades so far.
Showers will continue across areas west of the Cascades today. A cold front will arrive tonight and bring moderate to heavy rainfall over the Oregon coast and the Cascades through early Monday morning.
Light rainfall is expected across all other areas. Heavy or steady showers can locally lower ceilings and visibility as well as obscure terrain, so extra caution is encouraged. Gusty winds and low level wind shear will be possible over the Cascades and higher terrain to the east, especially early Monday morning. Model guidance does not show shear over any airports, but wide areas of shear from the southwest and at speeds of up to 50 kts are present over Lake and Klamath counties until 14Z. -TAD
MARINE
Updated 200 PM Sunday, June 1, 2024...Strong southerly winds are increasing wave heights across the waters today with some hazardous seas anticipated to develop later this afternoon into the early evening hours. Eventually, the southerly winds will subside and a 8 to 10 foot west swell will move into the waters behind the cold front on Monday. Seas will likely remain hazardous to smaller crafts through Tuesday as some southerly winds increase again ahead of another cold front.
This high west swell will likely continue through most of the week and even combine with some stronger northerly winds on Wednesday and Thursday as weak thermal trough sets up along the southern Oregon coast. Overall, seas hazardous to smaller crafts will likely continue through the week.
-Smith
MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OR...Wind Advisory from 11 PM this evening to 5 PM PDT Monday for ORZ031.
CA...None.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...Small Craft Advisory from 5 AM Monday to 5 AM PDT Tuesday for PZZ350-356-370-376.
Hazardous Seas Warning until 8 PM PDT this evening for PZZ350- 370.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Medford OR 221 PM PDT Sun Jun 2 2024
SHORT TERM
Through Wednesday morning...A warm front is bringing light, steady showers across areas west of the Cascades this afternoon. Amounts have been light so far, with Brookings getting 0.25 inches of rainfall and other coastal areas at 0.1 inches or less. Roseburg has gotten a couple hundreths of an inch, and sidewalks are wet in Medford. Radar shows that the Cascades are blocking anything substantial from traveling farther eastward.
Overall, the coast and the Cascades will get 0.33 to 0.5 inches of rainfall from this first front
A trailing cold front will bring more substantial precipitation this evening into Monday morning thanks to a plume of moisture from an atmospheric river. Periods of moderate to heavy rainfall are expected along the Oregon coast, coastal ranges, and the Cascades.
NBM outcomes show areas north of Gold Beach getting 0.15 to 0.25 inches per hour through this evening and areas around Brookings getting 0.4 to 0.5 inches of rainfall per hour from near midnight and into Monday morning. The Cascades will also be seeing rainfall rates of 0.25 to 0.33 inches per hour from this evening into tomorrow morning. While these rainfall rates don't meet any hazard criteria, anything that impacts nighttime driving conditions is noteworthy. Slick roads from layers of water or from oils brought to the surface are possible hazards and are worth being aware of. Urban ponding is also a possibility, especially in areas with poor drainage or accumulated debris. Some amount of rainfall is expected across the area, but in much lower and generally non-impactful amounts.
Elevated and gusty winds are expected for areas east of the Cascades early Monday morning into Monday afternoon, with gusts likely (40- 60%) to exceed 40 mph over higher terrain. A Wind Advisory is in place for parts of Lake County expected to see the strongest winds, including the Winter Rim, Christmas Valley, and areas east of Adel.
This Advisory is in place from 11 PM tonight through Monday at 5 PM. Please see NPWMFR for more details.
Conditions start to calm on Tuesday under zonal flow aloft. Slight precipitation chances (10-30%) will linger over the coast north of Cape Blanco. Inland temperatures will jump quickly, with west side valleys forecast to reach the low to mid 80s and areas east of the Cascades will be in the mid to high 70s. Increasing temperatures will continue into the long-term forecast. -TAD
LONG TERM
Wednesday through Sunday...
BY Wednesday morning, upper level ridging will have built in over the western half of the country, bringing an end to the slight chance of showers over the northern portions of the area. By Wednesday evening, however, the ridge will shift slightly to the east, with the main ridge axis extending north along the Rocky Mountains from Mexico. Meanwhile, a closed low is expected to develop just west of Baja California, creating a conduit for warm, moist air to feed north from the tropics and into portions of southern Oregon and far northern California. This pattern is then forecast to remain relatively similar through the rest of the week and into the week, before breaking down under pressure form the next approaching trough over the weekend.
All of this will result in a very warm forecast for the area, with inland high temperatures of around 15 to 20 degrees above normal for early June. Some of our warmer spots, such as the Rogue Valley and the valleys of Siskiyou County, may even touch on the triple digits Friday and/or Saturday. Most coastal areas will be warm as well, although not quite as warm as the inland areas, with the exception of a very warm Bookings, where a Chetco effect is expected to develop along with the thermal trough, and high 80s or low 90s are quite possible Wednesday and Thursday. One thing could significantly limit how hot highs will be late in the week: clouds.
With the moist inflow form the south, we will also be concerned with a daily threat of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, or even overnight thunderstorms, as some models suggest and the pattern would support. The main area of concern for convection will be northern California and areas along and east of the Cascades, where moisture will be most abundant and lifting mechanisms will be strongest, but we can not rule out a stray storm or two making it over to the West Side. Wherever the storms may be, clouds are likely to spread over much of the area, and these will be the wild card in terms of how high the highs get throughout the rest of the week.
Late this weekend or early next week, another trough approaches the area from the west, putting pressure on the ridge and Baja low, shifting them to the east. However, the exact nature of this trough is very uncertain, with a wide range of possibilities across the model suites. There does seem to be two major possibilities. The first would be a trough that simply replaces the previous one off of Baja, while the ridge remains in control overhead, and this would result in continued warmth and keep us under threat of convection.
The other solution has the trough arriving later, but fulling eroding the ridge, allowing for a brief cooling trend and reducing the threat of convection, at least temporarily. Hopefully the model suites can come to a better consensus on the forecast, but this may take several cycles given the known difficulty models have with closed low scenarios. -BPN
AVIATION
02/18Z TAFs...MVFR and IFR levels are present along the Oregon coast as a warm front approaches from the Pacific, with VFR levels presently over inland areas. Radar is showing showers across areas west of the Cascades, with rainfall frequently affecting visibilities at North Bend. Very little activity is getting east of the Cascades so far.
Showers will continue across areas west of the Cascades today. A cold front will arrive tonight and bring moderate to heavy rainfall over the Oregon coast and the Cascades through early Monday morning.
Light rainfall is expected across all other areas. Heavy or steady showers can locally lower ceilings and visibility as well as obscure terrain, so extra caution is encouraged. Gusty winds and low level wind shear will be possible over the Cascades and higher terrain to the east, especially early Monday morning. Model guidance does not show shear over any airports, but wide areas of shear from the southwest and at speeds of up to 50 kts are present over Lake and Klamath counties until 14Z. -TAD
MARINE
Updated 200 PM Sunday, June 1, 2024...Strong southerly winds are increasing wave heights across the waters today with some hazardous seas anticipated to develop later this afternoon into the early evening hours. Eventually, the southerly winds will subside and a 8 to 10 foot west swell will move into the waters behind the cold front on Monday. Seas will likely remain hazardous to smaller crafts through Tuesday as some southerly winds increase again ahead of another cold front.
This high west swell will likely continue through most of the week and even combine with some stronger northerly winds on Wednesday and Thursday as weak thermal trough sets up along the southern Oregon coast. Overall, seas hazardous to smaller crafts will likely continue through the week.
-Smith
MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OR...Wind Advisory from 11 PM this evening to 5 PM PDT Monday for ORZ031.
CA...None.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...Small Craft Advisory from 5 AM Monday to 5 AM PDT Tuesday for PZZ350-356-370-376.
Hazardous Seas Warning until 8 PM PDT this evening for PZZ350- 370.
| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
| CECC1 - 9419750 - Crescent City, CA | 1 mi | 58 min | S 12G | 55°F | 54°F | 30.03 | ||
| 46027 - ST GEORGES - 8NM West Northwest of Crescent City, CA | 12 mi | 48 min | S 9.7G | 50°F | 30.04 | |||
| TDPC1 | 49 mi | 73 min | 48°F |
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| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | DewPt | RH | inHg |
| KCEC JACK MC NAMARA FIELD,CA | 3 sm | 46 min | S 10 | 10 sm | Overcast | 57°F | 55°F | 94% | 30.04 | |
| KBOK BROOKINGS,OR | 22 sm | 44 min | SE 08 | 1/4 sm | Overcast | Lt Rain Mist | 54°F | 54°F | 100% | 30.03 |
Crescent City
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Sun -- 03:07 AM PDT 0.51 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 03:11 AM PDT Moonrise
Sun -- 05:43 AM PDT Sunrise
Sun -- 09:08 AM PDT 4.88 feet High Tide
Sun -- 02:38 PM PDT 1.45 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 04:44 PM PDT Moonset
Sun -- 08:46 PM PDT Sunset
Sun -- 09:05 PM PDT 7.22 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Sun -- 03:07 AM PDT 0.51 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 03:11 AM PDT Moonrise
Sun -- 05:43 AM PDT Sunrise
Sun -- 09:08 AM PDT 4.88 feet High Tide
Sun -- 02:38 PM PDT 1.45 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 04:44 PM PDT Moonset
Sun -- 08:46 PM PDT Sunset
Sun -- 09:05 PM PDT 7.22 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Crescent City, California, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 3.3 |
| 1 am |
| 1.9 |
| 2 am |
| 0.9 |
| 3 am |
| 0.5 |
| 4 am |
| 0.8 |
| 5 am |
| 1.5 |
| 6 am |
| 2.6 |
| 7 am |
| 3.7 |
| 8 am |
| 4.5 |
| 9 am |
| 4.9 |
| 10 am |
| 4.7 |
| 11 am |
| 4 |
| 12 pm |
| 3.1 |
| 1 pm |
| 2.2 |
| 2 pm |
| 1.6 |
| 3 pm |
| 1.5 |
| 4 pm |
| 2 |
| 5 pm |
| 3.1 |
| 6 pm |
| 4.4 |
| 7 pm |
| 5.8 |
| 8 pm |
| 6.8 |
| 9 pm |
| 7.2 |
| 10 pm |
| 6.9 |
| 11 pm |
| 5.9 |
Brookings
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Sun -- 03:11 AM PDT 0.51 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 03:11 AM PDT Moonrise
Sun -- 05:43 AM PDT Sunrise
Sun -- 09:09 AM PDT 4.88 feet High Tide
Sun -- 02:42 PM PDT 1.45 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 04:45 PM PDT Moonset
Sun -- 08:47 PM PDT Sunset
Sun -- 09:06 PM PDT 7.22 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Sun -- 03:11 AM PDT 0.51 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 03:11 AM PDT Moonrise
Sun -- 05:43 AM PDT Sunrise
Sun -- 09:09 AM PDT 4.88 feet High Tide
Sun -- 02:42 PM PDT 1.45 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 04:45 PM PDT Moonset
Sun -- 08:47 PM PDT Sunset
Sun -- 09:06 PM PDT 7.22 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Brookings, Chetco Cove, Oregon, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 3.3 |
| 1 am |
| 2 |
| 2 am |
| 1 |
| 3 am |
| 0.5 |
| 4 am |
| 0.7 |
| 5 am |
| 1.5 |
| 6 am |
| 2.6 |
| 7 am |
| 3.7 |
| 8 am |
| 4.5 |
| 9 am |
| 4.9 |
| 10 am |
| 4.7 |
| 11 am |
| 4 |
| 12 pm |
| 3.1 |
| 1 pm |
| 2.2 |
| 2 pm |
| 1.6 |
| 3 pm |
| 1.5 |
| 4 pm |
| 2 |
| 5 pm |
| 3 |
| 6 pm |
| 4.4 |
| 7 pm |
| 5.7 |
| 8 pm |
| 6.8 |
| 9 pm |
| 7.2 |
| 10 pm |
| 6.9 |
| 11 pm |
| 5.9 |
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