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KEY MESSAGES

* High pressure will keep skies mostly clear through the rest of the week.

* A warming trend begins today, peaking late week about 10 to 15 degrees above normal. * A mostly dry cold front arrives with cooler temperatures this weekend. * Precipitation chances are looking more likely with another cold frontal passage early next week.

DISCUSSION

Quiet weather is in store for the area over the next several days with high pressure building overhead and a steady warming trend through the rest of the week. The warming trend will peak on Thursday/Friday, with high temperatures of 10-15 degrees above normal for mid-October.

A cold front arrives late Friday. Other than some light rain or drizzle along the coast or perhaps along the western slopes of the coastal mountains and Cascades, the frontal passage will be dry. It will, however, bring cooler, seasonable temperatures back to the region for Saturday and Sunday.

Another front, associated with a much deeper and stronger upper- level trough, then arrives Monday. Guidance suggests this will be more of a classic wet-season event with a much higher chance of widespread precipitation and gusty south to southwest winds. The exact track of the surface low and front will make a big difference on the details, which are uncertain at this time. More details should become apparent over the coming days.

AVIATION...14/00Z TAFs

VFR will prevail through the TAF period for all terminals.

MARINE...Updated 230 PM PDT Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Gusty north winds and steep wind-driven seas south of Cape Blanco will diminish slightly this evening and tonight, but then return Wednesday. Conditions should improve Thursday into Friday. Another round of north winds is possible this weekend, then south winds and rain are expected early next week with the passage of a cold front.

MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OR...CA...None.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...Small Craft Advisory until 11 PM PDT Wednesday for PZZ356-376.