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WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CASCADES, NORTHERN AND EASTER KLAMATH COUNTY, AND ALL OF LAKE COUNTY IN OREGON FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 - 35 MILES AN HOUR AND GUSTS TO 55 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES.

Need the forecast for the next week? Get it here on the Line X of Southern Oregon Weekly forecast page! 

What can only be described as a winter storm will be affecting the region through Friday. 

The low responsible for this is dropping south along the coast from Canada and it is beginning to affect our area. Clouds are already pouring in, and look for showers and the winds to arrive later this morning. All areas will be seeing them. The Rogue Valley could see sustained winds of 20 - 25 miles an hour with gusts to 30 - 35. In the wind prone areas of the region, look for sustained winds of 25 - 35 miles an hour with gusts reaching as high as 55 miles an hour in the Cascades, and to the east of them. The colder air will begin to work it's way in this afternoon and this is when snow levels will plummet to as low as 2000 feet at times on Wednesday morning. Elevations above 3000 feet can expect to see 2 - 5 inches of snow from thias afternoon through Wednesday morning as the best moisture and triggering impulses we will see this week arrive. If this were February we were talking about with much shorter days and much colder ground and road temps, we would be talking about snow accumulating in feet for the mountains, and the valleys would be seeing enough to cause issues and maybe even snow days for school kids. BUT, because it is late May with much more sunshine and soil temps are well into the 60s and road surface temps have been in the 80s and 90s for weeks, we are only going to see inches of snow accumulate.

But regardless of accumulation, expect sustained snowfall above 3000 feet through mid day Wednesday. Travellers will need to be ready for the potential for winter driving conditions on all the passes through the Cascades, and possibly even down as low as Sexton Summit on I 5 north of Grants Pass. As for high temps, we will be 20 degrees lower than we were yesterday for our highs today as Medford could struggle just to reach 60 today and then will be in the 50s tomorrow. Wednesday's "high" temps looks to be right around where the low is going to be for today! Speaking of overnight lows, we might see lows cold enough at night to bring frost back as a consideration from Wednesday night through Saturday morning. No, I am not kidding and this will get the attention mostly of gardeners and those with flowers. A great deal of uncertainty exists about this largely because it is uncertain on just how much cloud cover there will or will not be. if there are fewer clouds or breaks develop, then frosts might develop as well especially in the outlying areas as temps will easily reach the low to mid 30s with the cold air in place. 

Thursday and Friday will see us having shower activity, but temps warm slightly to get us somewhere between 62 - 68 degrees in the valleys and into the 50s in the mountains. 

The forecast for the holiday weekend is becoming more confident that the low will indeed kick out to the northeast of us allowing some ridging to develop that looks to give us a very seasonal weekend now with highs reaching the mid 70s for Sunday and Monday. A shower threat will linger for Saturday and will redevelop for Memorial Day itself, but it is only a slight chance right now mostly for the coast, from Roseburg north, and in the Cascades.

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What is hydrographics? If you are a fan of the University of Oregon football team you are already VERY familiar with what hydrographics are. This is how they got the very cool new wing design on the helmets. Hydrographics have exploded in popularity in the last three years as the technology that is used to create the effects has been perfected. Hydrographics have proven to be especially popular with sportsmen as you can treat everything from guns to bows to golf clubs and customize them to give you any kind of a look you want. Camo patterns to color bursts, or even American flag graphics. If it can be dipped into the tank for the process you can treat it and really trick out whatever you want. I have even seen animal skulls done.

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RogueWeather.com is based in Medford, Oregon. The founder, Greg Roberts is the forecaster. Greg has nearly 30 years of weather forecasting experience, specializing in severe weather events. Greg has received training from a variety of sources, including the University of Oklahoma. 

Greg volunteers as a Skywarn weather observer for the National Weather Service. This has lead to many hours out in the field storm chasing and getting up close with the storms he loves. 

Greg also served as a wildland and municipal fire fighter and EMT. While a fire fighter he earned many certifications including Engine Company Officer and Incident Commander for wildland fires. His weather knowledge was proven to be useful on major wildland fires in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Greg still consults with various fire departments and agencies and also for private wildland fire fighting companies.