A large swell knocked a solo fisherman overboard, about 1 mile offshore of Pacific Beach. His 18 foot power boat suffered some damage to the center console, but remained afloat and traveled in large circles around him.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
A large swell knocked a solo fisherman overboard, about 1 mile offshore of Pacific Beach. His 18 foot power boat suffered some damage to the center console, but remained afloat and traveled in large circles around him. He was rescued 90 minutes later, suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 7:15 AM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 815 AM PDT SUN JUN 16 2002 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING CLEAR WEATHER WITH WARM TO HOT DAYS INLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL AREAS. AS THE HIGH WEAKENS...GRADUAL COOLING AND MORE WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY MIDWEEK. THE SUMMER SOLSTICE WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY...JUNE 21...AT 624 AM PDT. .DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO REMOVE THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST SINCE VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED TO A MILE OR BETTER MOST AREAS. MARINE LAYER IS ABOUT 100 FEET DEEPER THAN IT WAS SATURDAY MORNING...AROUND 1100 FEET. APPEARS A WEAK COASTAL EDDY HAS SPUN UP BASED ON WIND REPORTS FROM KSAN AND A WEAK EDDY CIRCULATION APPEARS ON SATELLITE VISIBLE JUST SOUTHEAST OF SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND. THE MESO ETA DOES STRENGTHEN AN EDDY LATER TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...EXPECT A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVE STRATUS/FOG LAYER MONDAY MORNING WITH A LITTLE FURTHER INLAND PENETRATION. 12Z ETA INDICATES THE RIDGE OVER THE CWFA WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN BETWEEN 24 AND 48 HOURS AS A S/WV TROUGH SLIDES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS FLATTENING WILL BRING A LITTLE COOLING INLAND AREAS ON TUESDAY WITH SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS SHOWING UP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS ON TUESDAY. THE MRF CONTINUES THE FLATTENING OF THE RIDGE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH FURTHER COOLING AND SOME DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER ALONG THE COAST. OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. NO FURTHER UPDATES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. .SAN...NONE. HORTON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
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