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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Issued by NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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190 FXUS66 KMTR 281123 AFDMTR Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Francisco CA 423 AM PDT Fri Jun 28 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 251 AM PDT Fri Jun 28 2024 A well established marine layer and onshore flow will keep temperatures cool near the coast while inland areas warm to into the 90`s throughout the weekend. Pattern change causes a warm up early next week, with monitoring potential excessive heat for the second half of next week. && .SHORT TERM... (Today and tonight) Issued at 251 AM PDT Fri Jun 28 2024 Low clouds are redeveloping near the coast early this morning, especially around the San Fransico Peninsula and the Monterey Bay region. These clouds will retreat to the coast by this afternoon with maximum temperatures expected to warm into the upper 80`s to mid 90`s across the interior with 60`s and 70`s near the coast. Tonight, expecting low clouds to return to the coast with minimum temperatures dropping into the upper 40`s in the North Bay and along the San Francisco Peninsula to low-to-mid 50`s elsewhere. Similar day-to-day trends will continue throughout the weekend with a slight warming trend. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 1007 PM PDT Thu Jun 27 2024 There`s good global model agreement that a high pressure system will strengthen approx 1000 miles to the west of the Bay Area by late in the weekend and Monday. Thereafter, the high is forecast to advance eastward toward northern California, large scale downward vertical motion (compressional warming) sending 850 mb temperatures upwards, EPS/GEFS (27 Celsius) 850 mb temp means are near the max moving average in comparison to Oakland upper air soundings long term early July climatology. While recent deterministic output are forecasting 850 mb temps higher, nearing 30C to 31C by July 5th-6th. With large scale compression, expect the marine layer to do the same, to be compressed to near sea level, while winds at this time do not appear to become breezy to gusty offshore; a good idea however to closely monitor because the global/mesoscale models sometimes will under-forecast the ACV-SFO gradient (northerly wind) for example. 850 mb level (~5000 feet) temperatures are a usual reference point for predicting forecast high temperatures at the surface since sinking air parcels under a high pressure system will typically warm dry adiabatically to the surface, daily solar input connecting with these warmed air parcels, post sunrise temperatures quickly warming up as a result. Forecast highs expected to warm up to the 90s/lower 100s, hottest temps Tue-Thu, with likely carryover of hot temps July 5th-6th. With respect to long term Bay Area stations record high temperatures for the 4th of July, many still remain from a 1905 heatwave, including another heatwave early July 1931. Stay tuned to the latest forecast updates, it`s a good idea to plan on above normal to well above normal hot temperatures next week. If the high is slow to move then hot weather will linger to late next week. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 423 AM PDT Fri Jun 28 2024 MVFR-IFR ceilings line the immediate coastal region south of the Golden Gate and extends across the Monterey Bay region and down the Salinas Valley. Stratus will pare back to the immediate coastal region later this morning, with breezy onshore winds developing this afternoon. Stratus is expected to return to the immediate coast and the Monterey Bay region this evening, with a low to moderate confidence of development into the SF Bay Area. Vicinity of SFO...Moderate to high confidence of VFR through the TAF period. Not expecting stratus to come through the Golden Gate this morning. West-northwest winds will develop this afternoon and evening with gusts up to 25 knots. A low to moderate confidence that stratus flows across the Golden Gate this evening into Saturday morning. SFO Bridge Approach...Less confidence in stratus impacts south of the terminal. Otherwise similar to SFO. Monterey Bay Terminals...IFR ceilings continue through later this morning. Breezy onshore winds up to 10-15 knots developing in the afternoon with IFR ceilings returning early Friday evening. && .MARINE... (Today through Wednesday) Issued at 251 AM PDT Fri Jun 28 2024 Fresh to strong northwest winds continue into next week before easing to become moderate across much of the waters. Significant wave heights begin to build to 10-12 feet towards the beginning of the next work week. Light southerly swell continues to move through the waters alongside moderate northwesterly swell. && .MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...None. PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 3 AM PDT Saturday for Pigeon Pt to Pt Pinos 10-60 NM-Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 0-10 nm. Small Craft Advisory from 9 AM Saturday to 9 AM PDT Sunday for Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 0-10 nm. Small Craft Advisory from 3 PM Saturday to 9 AM PDT Sunday for Pigeon Pt to Pt Pinos 10-60 NM-Pt Reyes to Pigeon Pt 0-10 nm. Small Craft Advisory until 9 AM PDT Sunday for Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 10-60 NM. && $$ SHORT TERM...RGass LONG TERM....Canepa AVIATION...DialH MARINE...DialH Visit us at www.weather.gov/sanfrancisco Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube at: www.facebook.com/nwsbayarea www.twitter.com/nwsbayarea www.youtube.com/nwsbayarea