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Beware of holiday travel weather and King tides

By Roman Battaglia,

Published December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM PST

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Lincoln City, Oregon is known for its stormy weather and high tides during the winter season.

More than 122 million people are expected to travel for the holiday this year, including about 109 million who will be driving to visit friends and family. But seasonal changes and severe weather often disrupt those journeys.

JPR meteorologist Milt Radford offers insight into the holiday travel weather, atmospheric rivers and the dangers of kind tides.

JPR meteorologist Milt Radford (left) joins JPR Reporter Roman Battaglia in the JPR studio on Dec. 18, 2025.

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California King Tides Project

Lincoln City, Oregon King Tides

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Roman Battaglia

Roman Battaglia is a regional reporter for Jefferson Public Radio. After graduating from Oregon State University, Roman came to JPR as part of the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism in 2019. He then joined Delaware Public Media as a Report For America fellow before returning to the JPR newsroom.

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Natalie Golay

Natalie Golay is the Senior Producer of the Jefferson Exchange. She has a B.A. in Visual Arts, a certificate of recommendation in multimedia from the Vancouver Film school, and a law degree from the University of British Columbia. A communications professional for over 20 years, Natalie is a natural storyteller with extensive audio and video production skills.

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