Winter Weather Advisory 14, NWS Eureka, CA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
435 AM PDT TUE OCT 23 2012

.SYNOPSIS...RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH
SLIGHTLY ON TODAY BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN TONIGHT AS ANOTHER WAVE
IMPACTS THE REGION. SHOWERS WILL MAINLY TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.
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.DISCUSSION...A BRIEF LULL IN SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED THIS
MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE NEXT SHORT WAVE ROTATES
AROUND THE UPPER LOW OFFSHORE. SHOWER COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THIS WAVE APPROACHES THE REGION. A TSTM
OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH STRONGER SHOWERS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AGAIN. WILL ISSUE ANOTHER WINTER WX ADVISORY
AFTER THE CURRENT ONE EXPIRES AS SHOWER ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT INTO
THU WILL RESULT IN NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3-7 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FT
WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4 INCHES DOWN TO 3500FT. SHOWERS WILL
DIMINISH WED NIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE INTO THU MORNING.
PARTIAL CLEARING WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPS ACROSS THE
INTERIOR TO FALL BELOW FREEZING QUICKLY. ABUNDANT LL MOISTURE FROM
RECENT RAINS MAKE FOG LIKELY AS WELL OVERNIGHT INTO THU MORNING.
BETTER CHANCE OF OVERNIGHT FREEZE AND FOG ACROSS THE INTERIOR THU
INTO FRI WITH MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON BROAD RIDGE MOVG OVER THE
WEST COAST. MODEL SOLNS DIVERGE THIS WEEKEND SO TRENDED POPS
TOWARDS CLIMO BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER
LONGWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES THE WEST COAST.
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.AVIATION...VFR CONDS WILL RULE TODAY AS A COLD AIR MASS
SLOWLY SETTLES OVER THE REGION. PERIODIC MVFR CONDITIONS IN
MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIP ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN
COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TONIGHT.
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.MARINE...SURFACE LOW PARKED OFFSHORE THE PAC NW COAST WILL PERSIST
THROUGH WED. ANOTHER SPOKE OF ENERGY WILL CLIP THE FORECAST AREA
BY THIS EVENING AND GENERATE GUSTY SW WINDS UP TO 35 KT BY THIS
EVENING. SURFACE LOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DISSIPATE ON WED. SHORT
PERIOD WEST SWELL UNDER 10 FT WILL GOVERN THE SEA STATE THROUGH WED.
&&

.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT WED FOR
PZZ450-470.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
354 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012

CAZ001-002-232300-
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
354 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STORM WILL BRING RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS MAY
CONTAIN SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE BRING PERIODS OF RAIN
THROUGH MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CAZ003-004-076-232300-
NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
354 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ABOVE 4000 FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN
THROUGH MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.