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FXUS66 KMTR 292330
AFDMTR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
430 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014

.SYNOPSIS...MONSOON/SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER
IN OVER THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THIS WILL RESULT
IN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A RELATIVELY WARM NIGHT DUE TO EXTRA
HUMIDITY IN THE AIR. THE AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO DRY TOMORROW
EVENING SO EXPECT SLIGHTLY COOLER LESS HUMID NIGHTS. OTHERWISE...DRY
CONDITIONS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...AS OF 2:26 PM PDT TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE
PRESENT OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRATUS
APPARENT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THE CURRENT SATELLITE WATER
VAPOUR IMAGE IS SHOWING MOISTURE STREAMING INTO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. SATELLITE BLENDED
TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IS SHOWING VALUES 1.0 TO 1.25 INCHES
AROUND THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WHICH IS ABOUT 110 TO 120 PERCENT OF
NORMAL. THIS MOISTURE WILL PRIMARILY RESULT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
AND A WARM HUMID NIGHT TONIGHT.

THE 1200Z ECMWF AND GFS40 HAVE INITIALIZED WELL WITH THE CURRENT
SYNOPTIC PATTERN. BOTH FORECAST MODELS BEGIN TO MOVE THE
MONSOON/SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN CLEARING SKIES AND LOWER HUMIDITY
VALUES...SLIGHTLY COOLER EVENING TEMPERATURES. OTHERWISE LOOKS
LIKE RELATIVELY MILD WEATHER THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK
WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.

&&

.AVIATION...AS OF 04:30 PM PDT TUESDAY...SOLID STRATUS FIELD JUST
OFFSHORE IS STARTING THE INITIAL PUSH INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THE
MARINE LAYER REMAINS COMPRESSED AROUND 1000 FEET DEEP AND THE
ONSHORE GRADIENT RELATIVELY MILD. MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES
STRATUS PATTERN WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WITH LIMITED
COVERAGE AROUND SF BAY.

VICINITY OF KSFO...VFR THIS AFTERNOON. COMPRESSED MARINE LAYER
UNLIKELY TO AFFECT THE TERMINAL TONIGHT.

KSFO BRIDGE APPROACH...PATCHY CIGS TOMORROW MORNING COULD BRIEFLY
IMPACT TERMINAL EARLY. OTHERWISE SIMILAR TO KSFO.

MONTEREY BAY AREA TERMINALS...VFR THIS AFTERNOON. CIGS TO RETURN
THIS EVENING AND LOWER TO IFR OVERNIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...AS OF 10:48 AM PDT TUESDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS MONSOON MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION.
OTHERWISE...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.
MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH
OF POINT REYES THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE
GENTLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
     .TNGT...SCA...PT ARENA TO PT REYES 10-60 NM FROM 9 PM
             SCA...PT ARENA TO PT REYES 0-10 NM FROM 3 AM
             SCA...SF BAY NORTH OF THE BAY BRIDGE UNTIL 9 PM

&&

$$

PUBLIC FORECAST: LARRY
AVIATION: AC
MARINE: JOHNSON

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