PDXAFDMFR (09/08/08 0856)
FXUS66 KMFR 081556
AFDMFR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
856 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2008
.DISCUSSION...
THE 12Z MORNING MEDFORD SOUNDING IS A FEW DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
WARMER BETWEEN 2500-7000 FT ASL...OTHERWISE IT LOOKS THE SAME AS
YESTERDAY. THE SOUNDING ALSO SHOWED CONSIDERABLY HIGHER DEWPOINTS
JUST OFF THE SURFACE TO ABOUT 4000 FT ASL.
THE THERMAL TROUGH (AND 1000-500 MB THICKNESS RIDGE) SHIFTS WELL
INLAND THIS AFTERNOON TO EAST OF THE CASCADES. EXPECT HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE CLOSE TO YESTERDAY FOR THE WESTERN
INLAND VALLEYS AND EAST SIDE...PROBABLY A TOUCH WARMER ON THE EAST
SIDE WHICH IS INDICATED IN THE FORECAST GRIDS.
WOULD EXPECT THE SMOKE TO LESSEN IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS OF OREGON
TOMORROW AS THE OFFSHORE FLOW BECOMES ONSHORE WHICH WILL ALSO
PRODUCE COOLER TEMPERATURES...CLOSER TO NORMAL DAYTIME HIGHS.
&&
.AVIATION...
THERE IS A SLIVER OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE COQUILLE VALLEY
AFFECTING OTH THAT WILL DISSIPATE BY 17Z. THERE IS WIDESPREAD
SMOKE ALOFT SHOWING UP ON SATELLITE IN THE OFFSHORE FLOW WEST OF
THE CASCADES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE UMPQUA RANGE AND CAPE BLANCO
BUT VISIBILITIES STILL VFR AWAY FROM THE FIRES IN THE CASCADES.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
PZZ356-PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PZZ356-PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PZZ350-
PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY
FOR PZZ350-PZZ370.
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