Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
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667 FXUS66 KLOX 261616 AFDLOX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 916 AM PDT Thu Sep 26 2024 .SYNOPSIS...26/910 AM. A warming trend will develop inland through Friday as high pressure to the east nudges into the region. Closer to the coast, onshore flow will keep a persistent marine layer and stronger sea breeze in place with little to no warming. Night through morning low clouds and fog will struggle to clear through the weekend. Significant warming trend is on tap for early next week as high pressure to the east builds in again. && .SHORT TERM (TDY-SAT)...26/915 AM. ***UPDATE*** Marine layer depth remains the same as the last few days, around 1700 feet in LA County sloping to around 1000 feet along the Central Coast. Stratus did not reach the LA/Ventura valleys this morning, likely due to the significant clearing that occurred Wednesday. With earlier sunshine temps may warm slightly across the valleys but should still top out in the mid 80s to low 90s, which is within a degree or two of normal. Otherwise, a lot more of the same weather most areas today and through the weekend with plenty of morning marine layer that will clear to near the coast by afternoon. ***From Previous Discussion*** A warmer day looks on tap for today and Friday away from the coast and outside the marine influence. 500 mb heights climb over the region today and Friday, despite onshore pressure gradients slightly strengthening through Saturday. A more June- like pattern is looking to set up with stronger onshore flow and rising heights over the coming days. Clouds will likely struggle to clear away from the coast the next several days as high pressure will likely tighten the marine inversion, decrease mixing at the top of the marine layer, and delay clearing. The trough to the southwest will advance back to near Point Conception by Saturday night. Onshore pressure gradients trend more strongly onshore for Saturday and some cooling should develop. The beaches and immediate coastal locales will likely continue to be shrouded in clouds. .LONG TERM (SUN-WED)...26/427 AM. The cut-off trough will play around with the area for the extended period, moving over southern and central California for the weekend, but then pulling back offshore for next week. 500 mb heights increase between Sunday and Tuesday and temperatures will likely warm well above normal between Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures break away from NBM values during this period to emphasize a hot weather pattern developing. Heat headlines may be needed across portions of the area between Monday and Tuesday as the air mass warms and temperatures rise to between 15 and 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. While not certain, pattern recognition in the deterministic solutions would suggest a non-zero chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms between Tuesday and Wednesday. A longer duration of southeast flow aloft develops with the trough retrograding offshore, and this could bring some sub- tropical moisture northward into the region from the remnants of Tropical Cyclone John. A few members of the GEFS and EPS pick up on the possibility of convection developing, but even more members picked up precipitable water values climbing for late in the period. The forecast ensembles suggest there is a 20 percent chance of precipitable waters value climbing above 1 inch at KLAX on Tuesday afternoon, which is more than ample for afternoon and evening convective showers. There is still quite a bit of spread, but forecast ensembles are starting to suggest cooling for Wednesday and next Thursday. && .AVIATION...26/1258Z. At 12Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 1500 ft deep. The top of the inversion was 3900 ft with a temperature of 22 Celsius. Low clouds were widespread on the Central Coast, in the Santa Ynez and Salinas Valleys and in coastal sections of L.A. County. There were patchy low clouds in coastal sections of Ventura County and southern SBA County. There is a chance that clouds could briefly push into the valleys. Conds were mostly IFR to LIFR, except locally low MVFR in coastal L.A. County. Expect skies to clear by mid morning in the valleys and late morning on the coastal plain, except cigs could linger at some beaches into the afternoon. Expect widespread low clouds in coastal areas tonight, as well as in the Santa Ynez Valley, with patchy low clouds in the valleys of VTU and L.A. Counties. Conds will be mostly IFR to LIFR. KLAX...Low to moderate confidence in the 12Z TAF. There is a 30% chance that cigs could lower into the IFR category thru 17Z. There is a 20% chance that cigs could scatter out by 16Z. There is a 30% chance that cigs will arrive as early as 03Z this evening. High confidence in no significant east wind component. KBUR...Good confidence in TAF. There is a 10-20% chance of IFR cigs thru 16Z this morning, and after 09Z tonight. && .MARINE...26/911 AM. In the outer waters, low to moderate confidence in the forecast thru Fri eve. While there may be local advisory level gusts during the afternoon/eve hours today and Fri, winds are expected to mostly remain below Small Craft Advisory (SCA) thru Fri night. However, there is a 40% chance that SCA level gusts will become widespread enough to require an advisory, especially around Pt. Conception. From Sat thru Mon night, moderate confidence in winds remaining below SCA levels. There is a 20% chance of SCA winds Sat afternoon through Mon, mainly around Point Conception. There is a 30% chance of SCA level seas late Sat thru Mon, with the highest chance across the northern areas. Across the inner waters north of Pt Sal, the Santa Barbara Channel, and inner waters from Pt Mugu southward, moderate to high confidence that winds and seas will remain below SCA levels thru Mon night. There is a 20-30% chance of SCA level winds this afternoon/eve, mainly in western and southern portions of the Santa Barbara Channel, and from near Anacapa Island to Point Dume. Patchy dense fog with visibilities of 1 NM or less may affect the coastal waters this morning, and again tonight/Fri morning, with the highest chances off the Central Coast. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && $$ PUBLIC...MW/Hall AVIATION...DB MARINE...DB/Lund SYNOPSIS...MW weather.gov/losangeles Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=lox