817  
FXUS66 KLOX 052014  
AFDLOX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA  
114 PM PDT FRI SEP 5 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
05/1216 PM.  
 
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF  
NORMAL TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEN NEXT WEEK MUCH COOLER  
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES  
CALIFORNIA.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM (TDY-MON)  
05/914 AM.  
 
***UPDATE***  
 
PRETTY QUIET MORNING WEATHER-WISE. THE MARINE LAYER WAS AROUND 1500  
FT DEEP AT KLAX AND VANDENBERG, WITH LOW CLOUDS SPREADING ACROSS  
THE COAST, MAKING IT INTO THE EASTERN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY/SAN  
GABRIEL VALLEY, THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, AND DOWN INTO THE SOUTHERN  
SALINAS VALLEY LOCATIONS (LIKE PASO ROBLES). A FEW STATIONS  
ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST REPORTING 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN (DRIZZLE)  
DUE TO THE DEEPER MARINE LAYER THIS MORNING.  
 
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS DAY,  
WITH HIGHS ACROSS THE INTERIOR IN THE MID TO HIGH 90S (INCLUDING  
THE WARMEST VALLEYS), AND HIGH 80S TO LOW 90S AWAY FROM THE  
COASTS, WITH 70S TO LOCALLY 80 AT THE BEACHES.  
 
BESIDES SOME CUMULUS CLOUD BUILD UP, MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR SAN  
LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS, MONSOONAL  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST/SOUTH OF OUR FOUR COUNTY  
AREA (SLO TO LA COUNTIES).  
 
OTHERWISE THE FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN SHAPE AND NO UPDATES WERE  
NEEDED.  
 
***FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION***  
 
OVERALL A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. A  
WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN  
CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY  
ABOVE NORMAL. LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND MOVE  
OVER THE COASTAL AREAS WITH CLEARING BY AFTERNOON. SOME LOW CLOUDS  
AND FOG ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY DURING  
THE MORNING HOURS.  
 
STARTING MONDAY A SIGNIFICANT COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
AREA-WIDE AS AN UNUSUALLY COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FORMS OVER WEST  
COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 3-6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL  
WITH LOW CLOUDS AND FOG PUSHING INTO THE VALLEYS DURING THE NIGHT  
AND MORNING HOURS AND SLOW COOLING ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS.  
   
LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)  
05/337 AM.  
 
THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT AMONGST THE ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS THAT THE  
COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK WITH HIGHS  
6-12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL, ESPECIALLY INLAND WHERE HIGHS IN SOME  
AREAS MAY NOT EVEN REACH 80 DEGREES. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME  
DRIZZLE UP AGAINST THE COASTAL SLOPES AS THE MARINE LAYER REACHES  
AT LEAST 3000 FEET.  
 
WHILE A MAJORITY OF THE LONGER RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS SHOW A SLOW  
WARMING TREND BEGINNING LATER NEXT WEEK, SOME OF THE MORE RECENT  
SOLUTIONS ARE NOW FAVORING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST NEXT FRIDAY, AND THEN ONLY A VERY SLOW  
WARMING TREND INTO THE WEEK OF THE 14TH. WITH A PERSISTENT TROUGH  
PATTERN ALONG THE WEST COAST THE NEXT WEEK OR MORE THE MONSOON  
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAR TO THE EAST WITH LITTLE OR NO CHANCE OF ANY  
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
05/1802Z.  
 
AT 1716Z AT KLAX, THE MARINE LAYER WAS 1200 FEET DEEP. THE TOP OF  
THE INVERSION WAS 3200 FEET WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 26 C.  
 
HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR TAFS FOR DESERT AIRFIELDS (KPMD & KWJF).  
 
OVERALL, MODERATE CONFIDENCE FOR REMAINING TAFS. LEAST CONFIDENT  
IN ARRIVAL OF CIGS (+/- 3 HOURS). DEPARTURE TIMES LIKELY WILL BE  
ACCURATE WITHIN +/- 2 HOURS OF CURRENT FORECAST. GOOD CONFIDENCE  
IN FLIGHT CATEGORIES. THERE IS A 25% CHANCE OF NO LOW CLOUDS AT  
KSBA. THERE IS A 10% CHANCE OF THAT IFR CIGS WILL ARRIVE AT KVNY  
& KBUR.  
 
KLAX...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES  
OF CIGS MAY BE OFF BY 2 HOURS. FLIGHT CATS COULD BE OFF BY ONE.  
NO SIGNIFICANT EAST WIND COMPONENT EXPECTED.  
 
KBUR...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. THERE IS A 10% CHANCE OF  
IFR CIGS FROM 08Z TO 16Z SAT.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
05/113 PM.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SCA) WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT  
FOR MUCH OF THE OUTER WATERS. SCA LEVEL WINDS WILL BECOME FOCUSED  
ACROSS THE WATERS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION & FAR NORTHEASTERN  
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS ON SATURDAY. THEREAFTER, SCA  
LEVEL WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FOCUSED SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION AND  
AROUND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS THROUGH THURSDAY. ALSO, THERE IS A  
MODERATE CHANCE FOR SCA LEVEL WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF  
THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RELATIVE  
LULLS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH MORNING. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF  
GALES BETWEEN MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WATERS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION. SEAS  
WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.  
 
INSIDE THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT, SCA LEVEL WIND GUSTS WILL  
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL,  
NEAR POINT DUME, AND ACROSS THE SAN PEDRO CHANNEL EACH AFTERNOON  
AND EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. ELSEWHERE, WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED  
TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. CHANCES NOTABLY INCREASE NEXT  
WEEK FOR SCA LEVEL WINDS ACROSS THE SBA CHANNEL, POTENTIALLY  
IMPACTING EASTERN PORTIONS. SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA  
DURING THIS TIME, HOWEVER MAY INCREASE ABOVE 5 FEET.  
 
 
   
LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CA...NONE.  
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 SATURDAY FOR  
ZONES 670-673-676. (SEE LAXMWWLOX).  
 
 
 
 
 
PUBLIC...MW/KL  
AVIATION...BLACK  
MARINE...BLACK  
SYNOPSIS...MW  
 
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