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FXUS66 KEKA 112353
AFDEKA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
353 PM PST WED DEC 11 2013

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN TO AREAS MAINLY
NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE SHOULD BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...MINIMAL CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE OVER
THE REGION IS BRINGING CLEAR SKIES TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. AS
THIS HIGH MOVES TO THE EAST TONIGHT SOME CLOUDS SHOULD FORM ALONG
THE COAST, HELPING TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES WARMER
THAN WHAT THEY`VE BEEN THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD
AGREEMENT SHOWING A WEAK FRONT BRINGING LIGHT RAIN TO AREAS
MAINLY NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY. DESPITE SOME VARIATIONS IN THE MODELS IT LOOKS LIKE QPF
WILL BE AROUND 0.1 INCHES ACROSS DEL NORTE COUNTY, DROPPING DOWN
TO NOTHING ACROSS NORTHERN MENDOCINO COUNTY. SHOWERS SHOULD
DISSIPATE FRIDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND AND HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN. THE HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND
WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK.


&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS TO CALM CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING AT KCEC, KACV AND KUKI THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO
CALM OVERNIGHT WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE AT KCEC, KACV AND KUKI THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.MARINE...A WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST DRIFTING SOUTHWARD AND A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER
THE INTERIOR WILL MAINTAIN A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL
APPROACH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM
THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE SEAS WILL INCREASE
THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY AND CONTINUE ELEVATED THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY DUE TO INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS.

&&

.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

CA...NONE.

NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...NONE.

&&

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