Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
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902 FXUS66 KLOX 020255 AFDLOX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 755 PM PDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .SYNOPSIS...01/720 PM. A significant heatwave will impact the region this week through early next week, with dangerously hot temperatures across much of the area. High temperatures by mid to late week are expected to reach 95 to 105 degrees in many areas away from the coast, with highs upwards of 105 to 115 over interior valleys and foothills, including the Antelope Valley. Very warm to hot conditions could extend closer to the coast by late this week. Patchy night to morning dense fog will be possible near the coast tonight into early Tuesday. && .SHORT TERM (MON-THU)...01/202 PM. Just very minimal changes to the 7 day forecast. High pressure aloft will expand across the west this week, peaking Friday and Saturday with dangerously hot temperatures inland. Excessive heat watches for the valleys have been converted to warnings and extended to next Monday. Existing heat warnings across the interior continue and have also been extended to next Monday. In the short term, still dealing with the marine layer along the coast and locally into some of the valleys. With the high expanding this week the marine inversion will be lowering a little each day. Tuesday is a borderline day for stratus into the valleys but then after that any low clouds and fog should be confined to the coast at most. Highs will be warming each day through Saturday, especially away from the immediate coast. Onshore flow to the east will remain in place though weakening with time. Gradients to the north will remain fairly light at least through Thursday. So no significant winds expected in the short term except typical onshore sea breezes each afternoon. .LONG TERM (FRI-MON)...01/215 PM. The heat will really kick in later in the week into Saturday as the high pressure center over northern California reaches 600dam. Models still indicating some northerly flow developing across the Central Coast and southern Santa Barbara County as well as the northern mountains, creating a favorable pattern for hot Sundowners Friday and Saturday evenings. While the hottest temperatures will still be across inland area, strong downsloping slow off the Santa Ynez Mountains will provide a temperature boost across the coastal areas of southern Santa Barbara County with highs well into the 90s possible and very warm overnight temperatures as well. Elsewhere, temperatures will continue to warm through Saturday. Highs inland will be 10-15 degrees above normal and at the coast 5-10 degrees above normal with minimal and early clearing of marine layer. Models are suggesting a few degrees of cooling Sunday but then very little change Monday. While it`s possible that temperatures may technically drop into more of heat advisory category in some previously warned areas Sunday/Monday, opted to just extend the Excessive Heat Warning through Monday. The combination of these very hot temperatures, areas of low humidities and possible sundowner winds will lead to fire weather risks. Please see the fire weather discussion below for all the details. && .AVIATION...02/0255Z. At 00Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 600 feet deep. The top of the inversion was at 2600 feet with a temperature of 28 Celsius. For 00Z TAF package, high confidence in KPRB, KPMD and KWJF TAFs as CAVU conditions are expected thru the period. Moderate to high confidence in KBUR and KVNY where cigs will most likely stay out of the area, however some brief reduced vis around 12-14Z cannot be ruled out. For 00Z Coastal TAFs, low to moderate confidence in current forecast. Timing of return of CIG/VSBY restrictions could be +/- 4 hours of current forecasts. KLAX...Moderate confidence in 00Z TAF. Timing of return of CIG/VSBY restrictions could be as early as 04Z and as late as 07Z. Also, there is a 30% chance of LIFR conditions 12Z-15Z. No significant easterly wind component is expected. KBUR...High to moderate confidence in 00Z TAF. Cigs will most likely stay out of the area, however some brief reduced vis and clouds around 12-14Z cannot be ruled out. && .MARINE...01/1141 AM. For the Outer Waters, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. Through tonight, high confidence in Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level winds. For Tuesday through Thursday, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels. For Friday and Saturday, there is a 20-30% chance of SCA level winds. For the Inner Waters north of Point Sal, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. There is a 40-60% chance of SCA level winds through this evening. For Tuesday through Saturday, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels. For the Inner Waters south of Point Conception, high confidence in current forecast. Today through Saturday, winds and seas will remain below SCA levels. Patchy dense fog (with visibilities one nautical mile or less) will continue to impact the coastal waters through the week. The areal coverage of the dense fog will likely decrease each day. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...Excessive Heat Warning now in effect from 11 AM Tuesday to 6 PM PDT Monday for zones 38-343>345-353-376>379-381>383. (See LAXNPWLOX). Excessive Heat Warning in effect from 11 AM Wednesday to 6 PM PDT Monday for zones 88-342-348-351-352-356>358-369>375-380. (See LAXNPWLOX). PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect until 9 PM PDT this evening for zone 645. (See LAXMWWLOX). Small Craft Advisory in effect until 3 AM PDT Tuesday for zones 670-673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX). && $$ PUBLIC...MW AVIATION...Phillips MARINE...RAT SYNOPSIS...Cohen/Smith weather.gov/losangeles Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=lox