1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 8:20 AM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 920 AM PDT FRI JUN 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS... A DEEP MARINE LAYER AND A COASTAL EDDY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WHILE THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS REMAIN CLEAR AND WARM. NEXT WEEK A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING BETTER AFTERNOON CLEARING WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THIS TROUGH WILL ALSO BRING GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS AND SLIGHT COOLING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. SUMMER SOLSTICE OCCURS ON WEDNESDAY...JUNE 21 AT 527 AM PDT. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. STILL IN THE PERIOD OF THE EARLIEST SUNRISE...WHICH STARTED ON JUNE 6. SUNRISE FOR SAN DIEGO LINDBERGH FIELD WILL REMAIN AT 540 AM PDT THROUGH JUNE 17. STILL HAVE ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO GAIN ON THE SUNSET...HOWEVER...WITH THE LATEST SUNSET FOR SAN DIEGO AT 801 PM PDT FROM JUNE 28 THROUGH JULY 1. MARINE LAYER DEEPENED TO BETWEEN 3000 NEAR THE COAST AND 3700 FEET INLAND AREAS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. STATUS PUSHED INLAND TO THE LOWER COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT BUT WAS BEGINNING TO CLEAR ALONG THE EASTERN EDGES OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO. SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGEST THE COASTAL EDDY HAS PULLED FURTHER OFFSHORE...NEAR SAN NICOLAS ISLAND SO IMPACT ON IMMEDIATE COAST APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT. STRATUS LIKELY CLEAR OUT OVER THE INLAND EMPIRE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND SCATTER OUT OVER THE INLAND VALLEYS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY BY EARLY AFTERNOON BUT EXPECTING LITTLE OR NO CLEARING ALONG THE COAST. STRATUS TO PUSH BACK INLAND OVERNIGHT. HAVE INDICATED PATCHY DENSE FOG ALONG THE LOWER COASTAL SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THIS PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE 06Z GFS INDICATES THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP INTO A WEAK UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY NEXT WEEK. POSITION OF THIS LOW AT FIRST MAY BE FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE TO PUSH A RIDGE OVER THE COAST DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK WHICH MAY LOWER THE MARINE LAYER SOMEWHAT. THE LOW WOULD THEN MOVE ONSHORE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. SINCE THIS IS A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS...WILL NOT JUMP ON THIS YET. WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT LATER MODEL RUNS DO. IN THE MEAN TIME WILL LEAVE THE EXTENDED PERIOD ALONE. NO UPDATES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... MARINE LAYER ROUGHLY 3K FT DEEP WITH VISBYS LOCALLY 3-5SM AND CEILINGS BETWEEN 500-1200 FEET. THE STRATUS IS BEGINNING TO ERODE WITH MORE PASSION THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. MAYBE COASTAL AIRPORTS WILL ACTUALLY SCATTER OUT BY THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MARINE LAYER. LOW CEILINGS WILL MOVE INLAND AGAIN DURING THE EVENING AND A SIMILAR CLEARING PATTERN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...HORTON AVIATION/MARINE...MM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 345 PM PDT THU JUN 8 2006 CAZ042-043-048-050-055-056-057-058-060-061-062-091200- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 345 PM PDT THU JUN 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... REST OF TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED FOR THIS AREA... HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MACKECHNIE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Arrastre Fire burned 361 acres of sage brush, pinyon pine, and juniper trees six miles east of Big Bear City. The fire was started by lightning. No structures were burned and no injuries were reported with this fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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