FXUS66 KPQR 100341 AFDPQR AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 841 PM PDT SAT MAY 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS...QUIESCENT WEATHER WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE ON SUNDAY EVENING AS A SYSTEM APPROACHES. ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK EXTENDING THE COOL AND WET SPRING THE REGION HAS EXPERIENCED. && .SHORT TERM...GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. INCREASING CLOUDS BEGINNING TO MOVE IN WITH NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING SUNDAY NIGHT THOUGH MOST OF THE DAY SUNDAY WILL REMAIN WARM AND DRY. RAIN SHOULD SPREAD INLAND SUN EVENING WITH FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE DISTRICT OVERNIGHT. THE FRONTAL BAND LOOKS TO PUSH E OF CASCADES BY MON MORNING...WITH POST FRONTAL SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MON AS A COOL UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NE PAC. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES TUESDAY WITH DECREASING SHOWERS.WOLFE .LONG TERM...TUE EVENING WILL BE A TRANSITION PERIOD BETWEEN SYSTEMS. SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING OFF TO THE EAST WILL LIKELY KEEP SOME SHOWERS GOING IN THE CASCADES EARLY...BUT THESE SHOULD DIE OFF TUE NIGHT AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING MOVES OVERHEAD. MODELS SHOW ANOTHER VIGOROUS SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION WED NIGHT. THE GFS SHOWS STRATIFORM PRECIP COVERING THE CWA BY WED EVENING...WHEREAS THE EURO AND CANADIAN SAY EARLY THU MORNING. RAIN AND/OR SHOWERS SEEM LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK. DALTON/WOLFE && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER EXPECT LOW STRATUS ON THE COAST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THE RETURNING TO VFR. NEXT SYSTEM BRINGING INCREASING THREAT OF MVFR CONDITIONS TO THE COAST SUN EVENING. KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. && .MARINE...SCA WINDS TO CONTINUE OVER INSIDE 10 NM THROUGH 10 PM. SEAS WILL REMAIN AROUND 6-7 FT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN OFFSHORE TONIGHT. THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OFFSHORE WATERS LATE SUN NIGHT/MON MORNING...WITH SCA WINDS LIKELY. && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR/WA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE OUT 10 NM THROUGH THIS 10 PM SAT. && $$ MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.