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FXUS66 KEKA 012310
AFDEKA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
310 PM PST SUN MAR 1 2026
SYNOPSIS
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND
DIMINISH MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY CLEAR AND DRY THIS WEEK,
THOUGH FOG WILL MOST LIKELY BE WIDESPREAD. RAIN WILL RETURN AROUND
MID WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISOLATED BUT SOME MODERATE SHOWERS HAVE
CROSSED THE AREA TODAY, AGAIN MAINLY IN TRINITY COUNTY. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY BUT
WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA. GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.1
INCHES HAVE RAIN HAVE BEEN RECORDED ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA DURING
THE DAY. SHOWER COVERAGE WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING
ALONGSIDE SLIGHT (15%) THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR THE INTERIOR, BUT
ADDITIONAL RAIN FALL WILL MOST LIKELY STAY BELOW 0.1 INCHES UNLESS
THUNDERSTORMS FORM.
VERY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
THIS WILL HELP SKIES CLEAR AND CONDITIONS SLIGHTLY WARM. THAT SAID,
RECENT RAIN WILL MOST LIKELY PROMOTE INTERIOR VALLEY FOG EACH NIGHT
WITH A MARINE LAYER CLOSE TO SHORE. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND MID NEXT WEEK. THIS
SHORTWAVE WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING SHOWERS FOCUSED ON THE NORTH COAST
WITH LITTLE CHANCE (20%) OF EVEN WETTING RAIN FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE AREA. FOR THE NORTHERN HALF, THERE IS LESS THAN A 20% CHANCE
OF RAINFALL OVER 1 INCH WITH MOST LIKELY RAIN OF 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES
FOR MOST OF THE COAST. COLDER DRIER WEATHER ALONGSIDE SOME
MODERATELY STRONG NORTH WIND WILL BUILD BEHIND THE SHORTWAVE TO END
THE WEEK. /JHW
AVIATION
SHOWERY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF MORE STRATIFORM RAIN INTO THIS EVENING. GENERAL CLOUD
COVER WILL ALSO CONTINUE FOR THE REGION AS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES ONSHORE. GENERAL VFR CEILINGS WILL DIMINISH TO MVFR
TO POSSIBLY IFR CEILINGS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE IS ALSO
A CHANCE FOR INTERIOR VALLEY FOG OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT.
MARINE
WINDS GENERALLY REMAIN LIGHT AND SOUTHERLY. SEAS REMAIN
DOMINATED BY A DECAYING MID PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WHILE WIND WAVES
REMAIN AT OR BELOW 5-6 FT. SLIGHTLY ELEVATED SOUTH WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE AROUND CAPE MENDOCINO TODAY, POSSIBLY GUSTING UP TO 20 KTS.
A FEW STRONGER GUSTS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND
THE STRONGEST SHOWERS, THOUGH THE THREAT HAS WEAKENED COMPARED TO
SATURDAY. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT AND SEAS REMAIN MILD GOING INTO EARLY
THIS COMING WEEK. STRONGER NORTHERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MID TO LATE
IN THE WEEK. JB
EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...
NONE.
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...
NONE.
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