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FXUS66 KEKA 241039
AFDEKA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
339 AM PDT THU JUL 24 2014

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER CALIFORNIA WILL RESULT IN
DRY CONDITIONS AND ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
INTERIOR THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST.
MODELS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER CALIFORNIA TODAY INTO THIS
WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW INLAND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO
THE 90S AND LOW 100S. INLAND CONDITIONS WILL BE DRY WITH MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES. ALONG THE COAST THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE
WITH OVERNIGHT CLOUDS GRADUALLY INCREASING THIS WEEKEND. MODELS
STILL SHOW A CUT-OFF LOW FORMING TO OUR SOUTHWEST LATE THIS WEEK
INTO THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER, THE STRENGTH AND LOCATION REMAINS AN
ISSUE. KEPT POPS LOW FOR THE HIGHEST TERRAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
OUT OF THIS FORECAST.

&&

.AVIATION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA WILL ALLOW FOR
CLEARING SKIES INLAND AND MIDDAY GUSTY WINDS. UKI WILL REMAIN VFR
THROUGH THE DAY.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN, COASTAL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE
INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE DAY AND A RETURN OF LOW
CLOUDS AND FOG TONIGHT. THEREFORE LOOK FOR VFR TODAY ALONG THE
COAST BECOMING LIFR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. BFG

&&

.MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TOWARD THE REGION
FROM THE WEST TODAY. THIS WILL TIGHTEN THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT CAUSING INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING STEEP
SEAS. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE MARGINAL GALE CONDITIONS WITH
GUSTS TO 35 KT DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAINING
THROUGH THE EVENING OVER THE OUTER WATERS. NORTHERLY SEAS WILL
INCREASE DURING THIS TIME FRAME, PEAKING AROUND 12 FT AT 9 SECONDS
THIS EVENING. AS SUCH HAVE MAINTAINED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
AND GALE WARNINGS IN THE FORECAST. DEPENDING UPON HOW THE HIGHER
WAVES OFFSHORE MOVE INTO THE INNER WATERS, MAY NEED TO ISSUE A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FOR A SHORT TIME. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
REMAIN ELEVATED INTO NEXT WEEK, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OUTER
WATERS. BFG/DJB

&&

.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

CA...NONE.

NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...

GALE WARNING FOR PZZ470-475.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PZZ450-455-470-475.

&&

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