714
FXUS66 KEKA 142204
AFDEKA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
304 PM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
SYNOPSIS
DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN HAVE CEASED BUT COASTAL CLOUDS
LINGER ON. WARMER WEATHER AND CLEARING SKIES EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION
CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAINFALL/COASTAL DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON OVER DEL NORTE AND
NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. MORE SIGNIFICANT WARMING WILL BEGIN
SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. MODERATE DRIZZLE/LIGHT RAIN
WRAPPED UP BY THE AFTERNOON FOR DEL NORTE AND NORTHERN HUMBOLDT.
AROUND 0.04 INCHES RECORDED AT WOODLEY ISLAND FOR EUREKA AND
OBSERVATION STATIONS AT OR NEAR THE CRESCENT CITY AIRPORT
RECORDED UP TO 0.3-0.4 WITH SURROUNDING AREAS AS HIGH AS 0.6 AT
SIGNAL PEAK IN DEL NORTE. THE RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM THE PASSING
LOW WILL BURN OFF INLAND WHILE SOME STRATUS REMAINS OVER HUMBOLDT
BAY AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF CAPE MENDOCINO. EXPECT SIGNIFICANT
CLEARING OUT OVER THE CWA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED GROUPS
OVER COASTAL HUMBOLDT AND DEL NORTE ARE LIKELY TO RETURN BY SUNDAY
EARLY EVENING.
GENERALLY, A DOMINANT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE
THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO GREATLY AMPLIFY BY SUNDAY. NEAR RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE WARMEST
VALLEYS IN SOUTHERN MENDOCINO AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES POSSIBLY
APPROACHING 90 DEGREES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS OF NOW, THE WARMEST
DAYS WILL MOST LIKELY BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES
WILL BRING SOME MINOR LEVEL HEATRISK, WITH PERHAPS VERY LOCALIZED
MODERATE LEVELS FOR FAR SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY. MOST INTERIOR
VALLEYS COULD SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S, WHILE COASTAL AREAS
COULD SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/HIGH 60S TO LOW 70S THROUGH
THAT PERIOD.
AVIATION...(18Z TAFS)
CEILINGS AT THE COASTAL TERMINALS ARE
EXPECTED TO LIFT FROM IFR TO MVFR OR VFR THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT
MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. BREEZY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. BRIEF IFR TO LIFR
STRATUS IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE COASTAL TERMINALS THIS EVENING,
THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW. OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH STRATUS IMPACTS, THOUGH PATCHY GROUND FOG COULD
CONTINUE BRIEF IMPACTS OVERNIGHT. UKI IS FORECAST TO REMAIN VFR FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. JB
MARINE
NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE RAPIDLY INCREASED BEHIND THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE THIS MORNING. A FEW GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE DOWNWIND
OF CAPE MENDOCINO AND POINT ST GEORGE, BUT OTHERWISE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND
DRIVEN WAVES, THERE ARE TWO SWELLS. ONE FROM THE NORTHWEST AROUND 5
TO 7 FEET AT 11 SECONDS AND ONE FROM THE SOUTH AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET AT
17 SECONDS. THESE ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
MONDAY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO ONCE
AGAIN TO AROUND 5 TO 15 KT, BUT REMAIN AROUND 15 TO 20 KTS SOUTH OF
THE CAPE. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY WILL HAVE THE LIGHTEST WINDS OF THE WEEK. MKK/JB
EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...
NONE.
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ450.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ455-470.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ475.
NOTE: THE FULL FORECAST DISCUSSION IS NOW REGULARLY ISSUED BETWEEN
10 AM/PM AND 1 PM/AM. ADDITIONAL UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
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