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FXUS66 KMFR 271649
AFDMFR

SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PST WED MAR 27 2002

VARIOUS IMAGERIES INDICATING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER FORECAST AREA
IN ASSOCIATION WITH EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWING
CONSIDERABLE LOW CLOUDINESS OVER THE UMPQUA AND EXTENDING WEST TO THE
COAST. CLOUDS A RESULT OF ONSHORE GRADIENTS INDUCED BY PROGRESSIVE
WEAK WAVE THAT HAS ALREADY TRANSITIONED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. ANY
ADDITIONAL CLOUDINESS IS MAINLY LIMITED TO ZONES 24 AND
26...OTHERWISE CLEAR SKIES. 

EXPECT SKIES TO BECOME CLEAR MOST LOCATIONS TODAY AS UPPER RIDGE
CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND SOME DRYING
OCCURS. CLOUDS WILL NOT TOTALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE UMPQUA HOWEVER.
TEMPS ALL AREAS VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AND WILL HAVE TO DO A
LITTLE TWEAKING IN THE ZONES THIS MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS BUT
NOTHING MAJOR.

WILL DISCUSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IN THIS AFTERNOONS
PACKAGE.
  
REYNOLDS

.MFR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CAPE BLANCO TO POINT ST. GEORGE.