The rain we saw yesterday was enough to improve air quality across the area with the only city as of this morning not in the ‘Good’ level is Klamath Falls which only improved one level and is now in the ‘Moderate.’ A cold front approaching the coast today will bring increasing winds to the region … Continue reading »
More Change Coming
Today a weak cold front will bring light rain to the region and light snow above 3,000 feet, with gusty winds in the mountains and fairly breezy at the coast and basin today. Winds will calm briefly tonight as the system passes but will pick up again tomorrow as a stronger storm system approaches that … Continue reading »
Changing Pattern
High pressure will persist for one more day which means so does the inversion, air quality problems and fog. Tomorrow a front will bring light rain to the area with most of the precipitation falling at the coast and on the west side of the Cascades. This front will be our first chance to break … Continue reading »
Fog Again This Evening
Dense fog has begun to develop in Medford once again, with visibilities down to 1/4 of a mile. Tomorrow will be very similar to what we saw Sunday. Again, fog and low lying clouds will linger through the morning hours and early afternoon. By mid afternoon the sun will eventually make an appearance! Temperatures will … Continue reading »
Cold With Freezing Fog This Evening
The same high pressure air mass remains over our region as the past several days. It will continue to bring us low clouds and fog at night and cooler temperatures in the Valleys. Temperatures this evening will be cooler in most areas than last night. The upper 20′s are expected in the Rogue Valley and … Continue reading »
Increasing Chance For Sunshine!
Expect low clouds and fog through the day for many areas in the valleys with our best chance of the week to see some sunshine in the afternoon comes in tomorrow, Groundhog’s Day. A dry spell continue through the weekend as does air quality concerns as high pressure remains in control of the area. This … Continue reading »
A Mix of Fog & Sun
High pressure will be strengthening today and should be strong enough to keep a cold front that’s currently offshore north of our area. The result of this front will be passing clouds through the day with some areas seeing clearing in the afternoon, especially at the coast, mountains and northern California. Some areas of fog … Continue reading »
Air Quality Begins To Deteriorate
High pressure will be building in during the day today which will create a valley inversion causing air quality to deteriorate and increasing likelihood of fog. We’ll see patchy fog this morning with more areas seeing fog tomorrow and more fog each night and morning through at least Saturday before the high pressure exits the … Continue reading »
Hazardous Winter Travel
A high pressure offshore is wrapping around tropical moisture and funneling it into the Pacific Northwest today. Although this is tropical moisture because it is being wrapped around the ridge it is moving into the cold Gulf of Alaska before reaching our area so snow levels will start the day around 2,000 feet then climb … Continue reading »
