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DISCUSSION

Radar has a few showers passing west of the Cascades, but a few are making their way east this afternoon. These will be light and will finish passing later this evening. Highs will be in the 40s to low 50s in most spots with highs in the mid-/upper 50s along the coast. Tonight will be a mild night with more 30s to low 40s west and 20s to low 30s east. Tomorrow between 7 AM- 9 AM a few showers will move into the coast and east into western Douglas County through the rest of the morning. Friday into Saturday will be status quo with similar conditions as today and light south to southeast winds.

The next change is forecast to come in the middle of the weekend. A trough to the northwest will move closer to the PNW Saturday night. This will be a front like the recent ones where areas to the northwest (Coos, western Douglas counties) see the most precipitation and it gets drier heading farther inland. The 24-hour prob for 0.01" of rain between 10 PM Saturday and 10 PM Sunday are as follows: North Bend 96%, Roseburg 87%, Medford 54%, Klamath Falls 29%. The current ensembles favor this to finish in southern Oregon Sunday night into early Monday as it continues northward. Current totals through Saturday night to Monday morning are forecast to be near 0.25"-0.50" at the coast and less than a tenth in west side valleys and along the Cascades. The east side will once again mainly just see cloud cover from this front. After this ends early Monday, it's all ridging for the rest of the next work week. This will result in more dry and mild conditions. -Hermansen

AVIATION...29/18 TAFs

VFR ceilings of mid and high level clouds will persist through Friday. A very weak front will bring virga and perhaps occasional light showers to Coos and Douglas counties through this afternoon.

MARINE...Updated 200 PM PST Thursday, January 29, 2026

A series of fronts will maintain unsettled conditions through Friday. South winds will remain at advisory strength along with a series of high and steep west swells. Conditions slightly improve Friday night into Saturday. Another front could bring stronger south winds and steep seas again late Saturday into Sunday, with steep seas persisting on Monday.

MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OR...CA...None.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...Small Craft Advisory until 10 PM PST Friday for PZZ350-356-370-376.