This IS going to be a Good Friday with the warmest temperatures of the year so far and Medford finally reaching 70 degrees for the first time this year! Decreasing clouds today will bring more sunshine to the area this afternoon then we’ve seen the last few days. With these warm temperatures there remains instability … Continue reading »
Valentine’s Day Warm Weather
Happy Valentine’s Day! High pressure will build in today which should allow for more sunshine this afternoon with some clouds and fog through the morning. As long as we clear out like we did yesterday we’ll see the warmest days of the year so far today and tomorrow. Yesterday Medford tied the warmest day we’ve … Continue reading »
Poor Air Quality Today
The same high pressure air mass that has been over our region for the past five days or so will remain over the area heading into the weekend and also the next work week. We are continuing to deal with colder air trapped in the valleys, preventing a decent warming into the afternoon even though … Continue reading »
Changing Pattern
A quick warm up today after a chilly start to the morning, a trend that will return tomorrow with some areas seeing fog and frost in the morning as well. Today most of the Rogue Valley stayed clear, but tomorrow we’ll see a better chance of more areas seeing fog. Sunny skies return in the … Continue reading »
Extreme Heat Returns
A high pressure ridges pushes further north in our region bringing near record high temperatures to the area today. Today will be the hottest day of the week with near record high temperatures across the inland areas. We’ll see a drop in temperatures when a trough offshore starts to push inland tomorrow cooling temperatures through … Continue reading »
Near Record High Temperatures
High pressure provides for even warmer temperatures today and sunny skies across the region. As a ridge builds in the region we’ll see quite the warm up with temperatures today 5-10 degrees warmer than yesterday and even hotter tomorrow, close to record highs for the next couple days! The warm up is short lived with … Continue reading »
Return To Seasonable Temperatures
Temperatures start to rebound today after the passing of a cold front yesterday, we saw temperatures drop to below normal yesterday afternoon but stay up in the Basin this morning thanks to some strong morning winds. Winds will be the story at the coast today with gusts up to 30 mph at the coast and … Continue reading »
Cooler Weather On Its Way
Today continues to be like the rest of the week with temperatures well above normal and sunny skies persisting, today may in fact be the hottest day of the week. The big difference today will be the shift in winds out of the south this afternoon ahead of a cold front, this shift in winds … Continue reading »
Cooler Weather Is Not Far Off
Today brings much of the same of what we’ve seen as we have the same weather pattern set up with high pressure out in the Pacific and a low pressure system just off shore starting to become closed-off from the jetstream. The low will but cut-off for only a short period before opening back up … Continue reading »
Warm, Sunny & Smoky
The thermal trough moved inland last night allowing winds to calm at the coast and the marine layer to make its way further inland bringing fog to the area. This will be the story through the weekend with some areas even further inland seeing some fog by the end of the week. Also with the … Continue reading »
