Wildfire in California, July 21, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO
230 PM PDT WED JUL 21 2004

.SYNOPSIS...SIMILAR WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE AND ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUE. A MINOR INTRUSION OF MONSOONAL
MOISTURE WILL BRING SMALL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOONS
AND EVENINGS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A SLIGHT
COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

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.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES.

AS EXPECTED THE LOW CLOUDS CAME IN FARTHER INLAND LAST NIGHT AND
WERE SLOWER TO CLEAR THIS MORNING. ONSHORE GRADIENTS ARE HIGHER
TODAY AND EXPECT EVEN A LITTLE MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE
VALLEYS THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS. VERY SIMILAR WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY AS
DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DOMINATES. THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE TUCSON
AREA MOVES NORTH AND WEST OVER THE WEEKEND...MAKING THE FLOW
SOUTHEAST OVER SOCAL. THIS WILL SLOWLY BRING MONSOON MOISTURE INTO
SOCAL AND CONTINUE THROUGH MON. EXPECT MORE CUMULUS FORMING OVER THE
MTNS SAT THEN SOME SMALL CHANCE OF MTN TSTORMS SUN AND MON. THE
UPPER HIGH MOVES SOUTH AGAIN TUE...BRINGING BACK THE DRY SOUTHWEST
FLOW. BY WED A TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL DEEPEN ALONG
THE WEST COAST WHICH WILL COOL ALL AREAS AND INCREASE COASTAL CLOUDS.

.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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