FXUS66 KEKA 092228
AFDEKA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
328 PM PDT SAT MAY 9 2009
.SYNOPSIS...DRY WEATHER AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY OVER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL BRING DRIZZLE AND ISOLATED SHOWERS TO THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE
MENDOCINO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK
WILL BE DRY.
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.DISCUSSION...VERY FEW CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST. ANOTHER SUNNY
DAY OVER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRATUS AND FOG
ALONG THE COAST AND IN SOME INLAND VALLEYS. A WEAK RIDGE MOVING
OVER THE WEST COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY WILL BRING ONE
MORE DAY OF SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A DEGREE OR
TWO HIGHER ON SUNDAY. AS THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES TO THE EAST LATER
SUNDAY CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS SMALL TROUGH
AND ITS ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACH THE COAST. MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA SO THE HIGHEST POPS (NEAR
25 PERCENT) ARE FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS...BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING.
DEL NORTE COUNTY CAN EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS. THE COAST NORTH OF
CAPE MENDOCINO CAN EXPECT DRIZZLE AND ISOLATED SHOWERS. QPF
AMOUNTS WILL BE MINIMAL...LESS THAN 0.1 INCH. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL COME TO AN END BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. ZONAL FLOW WILL BRING DRY
WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT
CHANCE OF RAIN LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. STROZ
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.AVIATION...THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS ALONG THE COAST WILL GRADUALLY 
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. AT MIDNIGHT...THE COASTAL STRATUS AND PATCHY 
FOG WILL RETURN TO THE COAST AND COASTAL VALLEYS BRINGING IFR 
CONDITIONS TO THE COASTAL AIRPORTS. KENNEDY
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.MARINE...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE WATERS WILL RELAX 
LATE TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH WEAKENS AND DRIFTS NORTHWARD. THE 
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO GO BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA BY 
MIDNIGHT IN ALL WATERS EXCEPT FOR THE OUTER SOUTHERN WATERS WHERE A 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED UNTIL LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A 
WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS MONDAY MORNING. THE 
WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGH 
PRESSURE WILL REBUILD BEHIND THE FRONT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY 
WITH MODERATE NORTH WINDS RETURNING TO THE COASTAL WATERS ESPECIALLY 
THE SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS. KENNEDY  
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.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...NONE.
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...
GALE WARNING FROM CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM PT ST GEORGE 
TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM.
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