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318 FXUS66 KSGX 070409 AFDSGX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Diego CA 909 PM PDT Thu Jun 6 2024 .SYNOPSIS...
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Night and morning low clouds and fog are expected each day. A shallow marine layer tonight into Friday, will slowly deepen into next week, allowing low clouds and fog to spread further into the valleys. A few degrees of cooling is expected for inland areas on Friday, but highs will mostly remain above average. Further cooling is expected this weekend. Conditions will gradually warm early next week.
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FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... At 9 PM, low clouds were filling in along the coast with clear skies elsewhere. Low cloud coverage is expected to make it into portions of the western valleys tonight into Friday morning. Highs on Friday will be a few degrees cooler than Thursday inland as the ridge axis that was over the Western US weakens and moves eastward. Additional cooling is expected Saturday and Sunday. The weakening high pressure aloft will also allow the marine layer to deepen this weekend, reaching further into the Inland Empire. From Previous Discussion... For Saturday, highs will top out near 70 at the coast, the mid-70s to mid-80s in the valleys, the upper-70s in the mountains, the mid- 90s in the High Desert and the mid-100s in the lower deserts. Highs fall a few more degrees on Sunday. Ensemble guidance begins to diverge early next week. A closed low looks to break off from the mean flow Sunday or Monday and slowly meanders to the southwest before parking off the coast of Southern California or Baja California. The most noticeable impact from this will be increasing high clouds region-wide Sunday through the middle of next week. The low-levels look moisture starved so no precipitation is expected. To the north, a building ridge will lead to slow warming again on Monday and Tuesday. The major questions with the forecast are where the low ends up and how strong it is, and when and where the upper low is going to become absorbed into the mean flow.
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&& .AVIATION...
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070400Z...Coast/Valleys...Low clouds with bases 600-1200 ft MSL and tops to 1800 ft MSL will continue to spread 10-20 miles inland by 05Z and up to 40 miles inland by 12Z Fri. Latest indications are that KONT will have a CIG and reduced VIS 1-3 miles by 10Z Fri. Higher terrain will be obscured, with areas of VIS 1-3 miles below the cloud bases 06Z-17Z Fri. Clearing will occur 14Z-17Z Fri over the valleys and partially clear 17Z-22Z Fri near the coast with areas of BKN/OVC clouds lingering within 3 miles of the coast through Fri afternoon. Low clouds will spread inland again Fri evening with slightly higher bases/tops. Mountains/Deserts...Clear skies and unrestricted VIS will continue through Fri evening.
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&& .MARINE...
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No hazardous marine conditions are expected through Tuesday.
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&& .SKYWARN... Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...Heat Advisory until 9 PM PDT Friday for San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire. Excessive Heat Warning until 9 PM PDT Friday for Apple and Lucerne Valleys-Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts- San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning. PZ...None. && $$ PUBLIC...CO AVIATION/MARINE...Maxwell