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FXUS66 KSGX 072008
AFDSGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
200 PM PDT TUE SEP 7 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST WILL CONTINUE THE COOLING 
TREND THROUGH THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW SEASONAL 
AVERAGES. A DEEPER MARINE LAYER WILL CAUSE LOW CLOUDS...WITH LOCAL 
FOG AND DRIZZLE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS 
WITH ONLY PARTIAL AFTERNOON CLEARING NEAR THE COAST. IT WILL BE 
WARMER WITH LESS EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUDS TOWARD THE WEEKEND UNDER 
WEAKER LOW PRESSURE. 

&&

.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AMPLIFYING ALONG THE WEST COAST HAS 
DEEPENED OUR MARINE LAYER AND KEPT OUR COASTAL EDDY SPINNING. LOW 
CLOUDS HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW TO CLEAR TOWARD THE COAST. THE TROUGH 
WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY AND DIVE INTO CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY IN AN UNSEASONABLE WAY...BRINGING EVEN COOLER WEATHER AND 
EVEN MORE CLOUDS. THE DEPTH OF THE CLOUD DECK WILL MAKE PATCHY 
DRIZZLE DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS THROUGH THURSDAY. AND RECORD 
LOW MAX AND MIN TEMPERATURES ARE PROBABLE THOSE DAYS. AS THE TROUGH 
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THERE WILL BE BRISK GUSTY WINDS IN THE 
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS MAINLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY THE 
TROUGH MOVES OUT AND HEIGHTS ALOFT BEGIN TO REBOUND AND THIS WILL 
MEAN A MODEST WARMING TREND AND SHALLOWING OF THE MARINE LAYER. 
WHILE WE WILL GET WARMER AND DEAL WITH LESS EXTENSIVE CLOUDS...A 
WEAK TROUGH PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND IT WILL 
STRUGGLE TO GET BACK TO SEASONAL WEATHER.

&&

.AVIATION...
071900Z...MARINE LAYER AROUND 3K FT AND RISING. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE 
AROUND 4K FT BY WED MORNING. BASES AROUND 2500 FT MSL TONIGHT 
THROUGH WED MORNING. LOCAL VSBY 3-5SM INLAND IN THE MORNINGS. SOME 
DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH 
POSSIBLE DRIZZLE CONTINUING OCCASIONALLY AFTERNOON IN THE COASTAL 
AREAS. STRATUS REMAINING IN THE COASTAL AREAS WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY 
IN THE WEST PART OF SOME INLAND VALLEYS. SCATTERED TO CLEAR INLAND 
AROUND NOON WEDNESDAY. STRATUS RETURNING MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

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PUBLIC...MM
AVIATION...WHITLOW





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