Gale Watch 22, NWS Eureka, CA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
300 PM PDT WED SEP 30 2009

.SYNOPSIS...TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS BEFORE AN AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRINGS COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND THE THREAT OF SHOWERS TO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND.

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.DISCUSSION...HEIGHTS AND THICKNESS WILL GRADUALLY RISE OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS WITH 850 TEMPS PROGGED TO RUN 7 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER
TOMORROW.  DRY NORTH AND NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP SKIES
GENERALLY CLEAR ACROSS THE CWA INCLUDING THE COAST WHERE WEAK
OFFSHORE FLOW AT NIGHT WILL PREVENT THE FORMATION OF STRATUS OR FOG.
FORECAST MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL
FEATURE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW AND REACH THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA BY LATE SATURDAY EARLY SUNDAY. GFS
DEPICTS VERY LIGHT QPF MAINLY OVER DEL NORTE COUNTY DURING THIS
PERIOD BUT RH FIELDS AT 500 AND 700 ARE VERY DRY THUS NOT CONFIDENT
ON SEEING THOSE QPF VALUES VERIFY. AT THIS POINT IT DOES NOT LOOK
LIKE WE WILL SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER HOWEVER IT DOES APPEAR
THAT APPEAR THAT A MODERATE MARINE PUSH LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
MAY BRING SOME LOWER CLOUDS AND FOG TO THE COAST. MODELS ALSO IN
BETTER AGREEMENT ON NEXT WEEK BRINGING THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH
SOUTH INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WHILE EXTENDING THE PACIFIC RIDGE
ACROSS SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CA.  THIS BODES FOR ANOTHER
EXCELLENT STRETCH OF WEATHER FOR THE COAST AND INTERIOR ZONES WITH
WAR TEMPERATURES AND CLEAR SKIES. AT THIS TIME THE PATTERN LOOKS TO
TAKE PLACE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW AS A WEAK RIDGE TRANSITS THE AREA. HIGH
PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND A DEVELOPING INLAND TROUGH WILL BRING
INCREASING WINDS ALONG THE COAST FOR THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT...PULLING BACK IN THE EARLY AM HOURS. UKI WINDS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN CALM TO LIGHT UNDER VFR CONDITIONS INTO TOMORROW.
BFG

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.MARINE...A DEVELOPING TROUGH OF LOW PRES INLAND CAL AND STATIONARY
HIGH PRES WELL OFFSHORE WILL YIELD A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT
OVER THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS THROUGH ALL THE WATERS TONIGHT...PEAKING IN THE OUTER
WATERS THU FOR THE N AND FRI FOR THE S. GALE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE OUTER WATERS WITH THE PEAK OF THE WINDS WITH NO WIDESPREAD
SUSTAINED EVENTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE
OUT FOR WINDS AND/OR SEAS THROUGH ALL ZONES WITH VARYING VALID
TIMES. SEE FORECAST AND/OR TABLE BELOW FOR VALID TIMES. BFG

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