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FXUS66 KEKA 171128
AFDEKA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Eureka CA
428 AM PDT Wed Jul 17 2024

.SYNOPSIS...Quiet, dry, and climatologically normal weather is
forecast to continue through the work week. Interior temperatures
creep back up into the triple digits this weekend.


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.DISCUSSION...A cooler trend continues through the work week as
troughing persists aloft, with near seasonably normal temperatures
each day. The marine layer has deepened overnight as a shortwave
exits to the NE, with widespread coastal stratus inundating the
coast and near-coastal areas. The marine layer is forecast to
compress again Thursday, relegating low cloud toward the immediate
coast. Otherwise, coastal stratus continues for the foreseeable
future, with a chance of brief clearing each afternoon before the
stratus reforms each night.

Ridging may build aloft this weekend, potentially bringing a return
of triple-digit temperatures across the interior. This feature may
be accompanied by another push of monsoonal moisture from the SE,
although with little instability chances of convective development
look low.


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.AVIATION...A passing shortwave has significantly deepened the
marine layer this morning, with MVFR ceilings overnight at coastal
terminals. These will likely linger through the day today, although
some portions of the coast may see some brief clearing this
afternoon, then lower again this evening and tonight as the marine
layer compresses once again. Stratus will mix out of interior
valleys and retreat toward the coast this morning, with VFR expected
across all interior areas through the TAF period.


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.MARINE...Winds will turn northerly through the day on
Wednesday as the ridge builds back. Breezy northerlies will increase
build south of Cape Mendocino by Thursday leading to steep seas and
small craft advisories for the southern outer waters. These
northerlies will persist through the weekend. TRN


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.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...
None.
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...
     Small Craft Advisory from 3 AM Thursday to 3 AM PDT Friday
     for PZZ475.

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