Medford, Oregon 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS66 KMFR 031756
AFDMFR

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
956 AM PST Tue Dec 3 2024

.DISCUSSION...Satellite image shows low clouds and areas of fog and
freezing fog  for most of the westside valleys this morning. In the
Rogue Valley, it`s many confined to from just south of Medford,
north into Gold Hill, White City. Eagle Point, and Rogue River. The
latest guidance shows this breaking out between 1-2 pm pst in
Medford, but it could break out an hour or two earlier. Meanwhile it
will take longer to break out in the Illinois Valley, Grants Pass
area, and Umpqua Basin. Low clouds, fog and freezing fog are also in
the Scott and Shasta Valley and should burn off early this
afternoon.

Dry weather is likely to continue through Wednesday night. A weak
warm front could bring a slight chance of precip along the coast,
north of Cape Blanco Thursday, but the front is likely to weaken as
it moves into the ridge. We`ll look at this in more detail.
-Petrucelli


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.AVIATION...03/18Z TAFS...LIFR stratus and fog within most of the
valleys west of the Cascades will gradually burn off over the next
several hours. VFR conditions will then prevail through the rest of
the day and into the evening.

Valley LIFR is likely to return again around 05-08Z this evening,
and persist into Wednesday morning, in a very similar manner to the
previous 24 hours. -BPN/DW


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.MARINE...Updated 800 AM PST Tuesday, December 03, 2024...Light
to moderate north winds and relatively calm swell dominated seas
will persist into Wednesday.

A weak front is expected to pass by to the north Thursday, into the
northern Oregon waters, with winds shifting to southerly. Seas will
build with west swell dominated seas are expected to be just shy of
becoming steep during their peak on Thursday night.

Another slightly stronger front will likely move through Friday
night into Saturday morning with the highest winds and seas north of
Cape Blanco...approaching advisory levels on Saturday. A third front
is forecast to be the strongest of the bunch with high and steep
swell dominated seas possible early Sunday into early Monday. -DW


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.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...Air Stagnation Advisory until 4 PM PST Wednesday for ORZ023-024-
     026-029>031.

CA...None.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...None.

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