Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
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408 FXUS66 KLOX 092206 AFDLOX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 206 PM PST Sat Nov 9 2024 .SYNOPSIS...09/204 PM. It will be mild and dry through the remainder of this weekend and into early Monday. Night through morning low clouds and fog will return to the coasts and coastal valleys later this weekend. A passing weather system will bring locally gusty winds for early parts of the upcoming week, along with areas of light rain for Monday afternoon and night north of Point Conception. It will be drier and warmer later in the week, before the next weather system affects the region for late week and into the weekend. && .SHORT TERM (TDY-TUE)...09/204 PM. Modest offshore pressure gradients are forecast to continue trending neutral through the remainder of this weekend, and become increasingly onshore by early parts of the upcoming week as weak and broad upper ridging gradually transitions eastward over the local area. It will remain dry through the weekend. An upper trough will amplify toward the region from the Pacific Northwest on Monday, when preceding ascent combines with increasing moisture to bring a few areas of light rain to the Central Coast vicinity and the northern Ventura County mountains Monday afternoon and night -- spreading from north to south. Rainfall amounts should be less than a tenth inch north of Pt. Conception. Farther south, the interior-CONUS trajectory of the upper trough, combined with downslope drying, should prevent precipitation from occurring over the coasts and coastal valleys. Rain should have exited most of the area by Tuesday morning, when large-scale subsidence and drying overspread the area behind the trough. Otherwise, mild temperatures are expected each day, with highs in the 70s in most areas except 60s at the beaches. Highs will cool off by several degrees across interior areas going from Monday into Tuesday owing to the influence of the upper trough. Onshore breezes will become increasingly prevalent through Monday, however winds through Monday will be only light to moderate. As the marine layer gradually builds and spreads inland owing to onshore-trending pressure gradients, night through morning low clouds and fog will become increasingly prevalent near the coast and into coastal valleys -- starting by Sunday night and especially on Monday. Some of the fog may be dense for Sunday night, and potentially combine with smoke in southern Ventura County vicinity to produce very low visibilities. There is a 40% chance for night through morning Dense Fog Advisories to become needed at some point through Monday. Surface ridging beneath the aforementioned subsidence, to the north of the local area, will drive pressure gradients offshore late Monday, and prolong gusty winds over the high terrain into at least Tuesday. By Monday night, northwest to north winds will be strengthening over the high terrain. Gusty northwest to north winds will gradually veer through Tuesday and Tuesday night. With LAX-Bakersfield offshore pressure gradients strengthening upwards to 5 or 6 mb by Tuesday, and given some upper support, there will be a 40% chance for wind headlines to become necessary from Monday night through Tuesday night. .LONG TERM (WED-SAT)...09/204 PM. While winds will turn more northeasterly into Wednesday, present indications are that speeds will be decreasing as surface pressure falls quickly erode preceding surface ridging across the Great Basin. Rising heights aloft behind the departing upper trough for the middle of the upcoming week, and ample dry air overspreading the area amid the light offshore flow, will support high temperatures warming by several degrees for Wednesday and Thursday -- reaching the middle 70s to near 80 degrees across the coastal slopes. By the end of the upcoming week and into next weekend, the latest multi-model consensus is indicating the development of a large upper trough over the western states. This will bring chances for light rain, and light snow over the highest elevations, along with gusty high-terrain winds. Confidence in the details of these conditions is limited by ongoing dispersion among model solutions concerning the evolution of the large-scale trough. && .AVIATION...09/1849Z. At 18Z, there was no marine layer or inversion at KLAX. High confidence in CAVU conditions and light winds for all TAF sites. KLAX...High confidence in the 18Z TAF. Any east wind component between 12Z and 18Z Saturday should remain below 6 kt. KBUR...High confidence in the 18Z CAVU TAF. && .MARINE...09/1100 AM. For the Outer Waters, there is 20-30% chance of SCAs beginning this evening/night, mostly from Pt Conception to San Nicolas Island. Similar chances of SCA winds Sunday, but higher confidence in at least SCA level winds late Monday and Tuesday, with a 20% chance for GALES. Seas are expected to remain well below Small Craft Advisory (SCA) levels through Monday, before an abrupt increase to near 15 ft on Tuesday. For the Inner Waters along the Central Coast, winds should remain below SCA levels through Sunday. There is a 20% of SCA conds Monday through Wednesday. For the Santa Barbara Channel, there is a 20-30% chance for SCA level winds during the afternoon/evening hours Sunday, with the best chances for western portions and near Santa Cruz Island. Higher confidence in more widespread SCA level winds Monday (50 to 60% chance). There is a low chance (10-20%) for GALES into the Channel late Monday, but low confidence in maximum wind speeds and duration. For the Southern Inner Waters, conditions are expected to be below SCA levels through Sunday. Better chances for SCA winds Monday for northern and western portions of the zone (30% chance). && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && $$ PUBLIC...Cohen AVIATION...Munroe MARINE...Phillips/Lewis/Black/Munroe SYNOPSIS...Cohen weather.gov/losangeles Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=lox