Gale Warning 35, NWS Los Angeles, CA

SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
400 PM PST MON DEC 22 2014

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING WARM AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND WILL
BRING COOLER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. FOR THE WEEKEND...THE LOW
PRESSURE WILL KEEP WOBBLING OVER THE GREAT BASIN...RESULTING IN
TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS AND COULD GENERATE SOME
GUSTY CANYON WINDS.

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.SHORT TERM (TODAY-THU)...
OVERALL...12Z MODELS IN GOOD SYNOPTIC AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD.
AT UPPER LEVELS...RIDGE CENTERED TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL REMAIN
DOMINANT FEATURE THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN AN INSIDE SLIDER WILL WORK
ITS WAY INTO THE GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. NEAR THE SURFACE
MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN SHIFT
ONSHORE WEDNESDAY...TO BE FOLLOWED BY A GOOD NORTHERLY FLOW ON
THURSDAY.

IN THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM...SATELLITE SHOWS SOME CLOUDS HANGING
TOUGH ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SLO/SBA COUNTIES AND SOME CLOUDS
ALONG THE LA COAST...OTHERWISE CLEAR SKIES. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT THE
CLOUDS ACROSS INTERIOR SLO/SBA COUNTIES TO REMAIN WITH SOME DENSE
FOG DEVELOPING. AS FOR THE CLOUDS/DENSE FOG ALONG THE LA COAST
WILL EXPECT THOSE CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE BY LATE THIS EVENING.

MAIN STORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE OFFSHORE WINDS. 12Z MODELS
DO NOT INDICATE ANYTHING TO DEVIATE FROM PREVIOUS THINKING. WITH
A STRONG OFFSHORE LAX-DAG GRADIENT (-6.7 MB) AND DECENT UPPER LEVEL
AND THERMAL SUPPORT...STILL ANTICIPATE MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS
ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. CURRENT SUITE OF WIND
ADVISORIES LOOK GOOD AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. AS FOR TEMPERATURES
EXPECT THE COASTAL PLAIN TO BE THE WARMEST LOCATIONS ON TUESDAY AS
SOME COLD AIR ADVECTION (ASSOCIATED WITH THE OFFSHORE WINDS) BRING A
BIT OF COOLING TO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. EITHER WAY...STILL A
VERY COMFORTABLE DAY TEMPERATURE-WISE.

FOR TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY...THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING NORTHEAST
FLOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING (AND THERE COULD BE A CHANCE OF SOME
LOW END ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS CONTINUING). HOWEVER BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON EXPECT ONSHORE FLOW TO RETURN AS INSIDE SLIDER BEGINS TO
DIVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN. SO...WILL ANTICIPATE COOLER TEMPERATURES
FOR ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY...INSIDE SLIDER WILL RESULT IN NOTICEABLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES (COASTAL/VALLEY TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S).
ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SHOWERS
ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SLO/SBA COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE NORTH
SLOPES OF THE VENTURA/LA MOUNTAINS. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS FOR THESE AREAS WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST. ALSO...THERE
SHOULD BE SOME INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY
AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING TO HAVE SOME ADVISORY-LEVEL NORTHERLY
WINDS THROUGH THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND I-5 CORRIDOR BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.LONG TERM (FRI-MON)...
FOR THE EXTENDED...MODELS CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT DECENT SYNOPTIC
AGREEMENT. AT UPPER LEVELS...RIDGE WILL RECOVER A BIT ON FRIDAY...BUT
FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...A SERIES OF INSIDE
SLIDERS WILL CARVE OUT A SIGNIFICANT TROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR WEST.
NEAR THE SURFACE...THERE SHOULD GENERALLY BE A CONTINUED NORTH TO
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW PATTERN...MOST SIGNIFICANT DURING THE NIGHT AND
MORNING HOURS.

FORECAST-WISE...NOTHING TOO EARTH-SHATTERING IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH
THE PERIOD. ONLY ANTICIPATE MINOR DAY-TO-DAY CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES
AS THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL KEEP COASTAL/VALLEY TEMPERATURES IN THE
60S. AS FOR WINDS...THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF SOME GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS...AND ADVISORIES COULD BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

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.AVIATION...22/2355Z.

AT 2300Z...MARINE LAYER DEPTH AT KLAX WAS 300 FEET. TOP OF INVERSION
WAS LOCATED AT 1500 FEET WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 20 CELSIUS.

MAIN SHORT TERM AVIATION CONCERN IS AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG THAT
HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY IN VICINITY OF KLAX. WITH SUCH SHALLOW AND STRONG MARINE
INVERSION...PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL REMAIN A CONCERN FOR NEXT FEW
HOURS. THE FOG BANK IS EXPECTED TO SCOUR OUT THIS EVENING AS
NORTHERLY FLOW INCREASES ACROSS AREA. OTHERWISE SOME LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO LINGER ACROSS INTERIOR MOUNTAINS/VALLEYS...WITH
HIGH PROBABILITY OF DENSE FOG ONCE AGAIN AT KPRB LATE TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY IMPACTING MOST OF THE AIRFIELDS. LLWS CONCERNS ONCE AGAIN
THIS EVENING FOR KSBA...WITH A CHANCE OF LLWS AT KBUR...KVNY...AND
KLAX LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

KLAX...HAD REPORTS OF VSBYS DROPPING TO 1/4-1/2 MILE ACROSS WESTERN
RUNWAYS OF KLAX. FOR NOW...FOG BANK DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ADVANCING
MUCH INLAND...GENERALLY STAYING JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF OFFICIAL
ASOS SITE. WILL CONTINUE WITH 6SM BR SCT001 THROUGH 02Z WITH
A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF BRIEF IFR/LIFR CIGS/VSBYS DURING THIS TIME
FRAME. EXPECTING FOG BANK TO SCOUR OUT LATER THIS EVENING AS
NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW INCREASES. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED
TO SURFACE AT KLAX LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING BUT MOSTLY
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 10 KT. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LLWS DURING
THIS TIME.

KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LLWS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS OFFSHORE
FLOW INCREASES IN VICINITY OF PASSES AND CANYONS.

&&

.MARINE...22/0900 AM.
GALE WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY RETURN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE IN THE OUTER
WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE INNER WATERS BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS MAY HAVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TUESDAY MORNING AS
THE OFFSHORE FLOW INCREASES WINDS IN THAT AREA.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX).
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX).
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX).

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AVIATION/MARINE...GOMBERG/SWEET
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
248 PM PST MON DEC 22 2014

CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-231400-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
233 PM PST MON DEC 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH...WILL
OCCUR ACROSS VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES.

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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