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FXUS66 KMTR 110514
AFDMTR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
1014 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
..NEW AVIATION, MARINE
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1224 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
- MODERATE HEATRISK CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH BAY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO
COUNTIES.
- ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS PERSIST GIVEN THE WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS, WITH BREEZY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
- PATTERN CHANGE ON TUESDAY BRINGS COOLER WEATHER AND COASTAL
DRIZZLE BACK TO THE FORECAST.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 921 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
A HANDFUL OF SITES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS REACHED 100+ DEGREES
TODAY (FAR NORTHERN NAPA COUNTY, EAST BAY HILLS, AND INTERIOR
CENTRAL COAST). THE PINNACLES RAWS (ELEVATION OF 1322 FT) AND THE
MCLAUGHLIN RESERVE/KNOXVILLE (ELEVATION OF 1320 FT) BOTH PEAKED AT
104 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE BAY AREA, TEMPERATURES REMAIN
FAIRLY SIMILAR ON MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING 1 OR 2 DEGREES
ACROSS THE BOARD. ACROSS THE INTERIOR CENTRAL COAST, TEMPERATURES
LOOK TO WARM AN ADDITIONAL DEGREE OR TWO BEFORE A SLIGHT COOL DOWN
SHORT TERM
ISSUED AT 1224 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS STRATUS AT THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE, WITH THE
INTERIOR REGIONS REMAINING CLEAR FOR THE DAY UNTIL THE STRATUS
BUILDS BACK INTO THE INLAND VALLEYS TONIGHT. SMOKE FROM THE GIFFORD
FIRE IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CONTINUES TO WAFT INTO MONTEREY AND
SAN BENITO COUNTIES, AND HIGH LEVEL SMOKE WAS ALSO OBSERVED OVER THE
BAY AREA THIS MORNING. THE SMOKE PLUME COULD CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE
CENTRAL COAST THROUGH MONDAY. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON SMOKE
IMPACTS TO AIR QUALITY, REFER TO FORECASTS ISSUED BY LOCAL AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.
TODAY'S WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE DOMINATED BY A RIDGE OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC THAT IS BUILDING INTO THE STATE. THIS RIDGE IS
CAUSING A HOT AND DRY PATTERN THAT SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY RANGE FROM THE 90S TO NEAR 103
IN THE INLAND VALLEYS, THE 70S TO THE MID 80S CLOSE TO THE BAYS AND
IN THE NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY, AND THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S ALONG
THE PACIFIC COAST. SIMILAR TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW WITH A
FEW DEGREES OF COOLING POSSIBLE IN THE BAYSIDE AREAS, BUT WITH
LITTLE RELIEF FOR THE WARMEST INLAND SPOTS. LOW TEMPERATURES ON
MONDAY MORNING RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S IN THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS, UP TO THE MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. BREEZY AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS REACHING 30-35 MPH
THROUGH FAVORED GAPS AND PASSES, WITHIN FAVORABLY ORIENTED VALLEYS,
AND ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND MONDAY ARE CAUSING MODERATE HEATRISK
ACROSS THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE BAY AREA, BAYSIDE REGIONS OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF SAN MATEO COUNTY AND WESTERN ALAMEDA
COUNTY, AND PORTIONS OF THE INLAND CENTRAL COAST. THIS MEANS THAT
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES FOR POPULATIONS
SENSITIVE TO HEAT, INCLUDING CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, PREGNANT WOMEN,
PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN CHRONIC DISEASES, AND PEOPLE WHO WORK OR LIVE
OUTDOORS WITHOUT EFFECTIVE COOLING OR ADEQUATE HYDRATION. HERE ARE
SOME HEAT SAFETY TIPS FOR PEOPLE AT RISK FOR HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES:
* STAY HYDRATED AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS.
* WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT, LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING.
* REDUCE TIME SPENT OUTDOORS OR STAY IN THE SHADE.
* NEVER LEAVE PEOPLE OR PETS UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES.
* USE SUNSCREEN IF GOING TO THE COAST OR THE POOL.
LONG TERM
ISSUED AT 1224 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
A PATTERN CHANGE BEGINS ON TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BREAKS
DOWN, BEGINNING A GRADUAL COOLING TREND. A TROUGH WILL THEN BEGIN TO
FORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN CANADA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON
WEDNESDAY, REINFORCING THE COOLING TREND, BUILDING THE MARINE
LAYER, AND HELPING MAINTAIN THE BREEZY AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WORK
WEEK. THE DEEPER MARINE LAYER WILL ALSO ENHANCE THE CHANCES FOR
COASTAL DRIZZLE THIS UPCOMING WEEK, POTENTIALLY ENOUGH TO SEE
ACCUMULATING DRIZZLE IN SOME AREAS. BY FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP BELOW THE SEASONAL
AVERAGES, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S
INLAND, THE MIDDLE 60S TO MIDDLE 70S ALONG THE BAYS, AND THE LOWER
60S ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST.
BEYOND THE 7 DAY FORECAST, ENSEMBLE MODEL CLUSTER ANALYSIS
SUPPORTS A POTENTIAL FOR A RIDGE TO RETROGRADE INTO CALIFORNIA
FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, AND CPC OUTLOOKS LEAN TOWARDS
TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE SEASONAL AVERAGE AND PRECIPITATION TOTALS
BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES INTO THE LATER PART OF AUGUST.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 955 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
VFR CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTH BAY TERMINALS BUT HIRES GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THAT IFR/LIFR CEILINGS WILL BUILD IN AROUND MIDNIGHT OR
A LITTLE LATER. LOW STRATUS HAS BEGUN SHIFTING INLAND FROM THE
COAST LINE WITH ROBUST ONSHORE FLOW AND 1300FT MARINE LAYER.
VICINITY OF SFO...LOW STRATUS HAS BEGUN TO FILL IN OVER THE INNER
BAY AND SHOULD EVENTUALLY BUILD OVER KSFO AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST MID-MORNING MONDAY. EXPECT KOAK TO REMAIN
MVFR/IFR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
HIRES GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE MVFR/IFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING
LATE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PERSISTING THROUGH MID-MORNING
MONDAY.
SFO BRIDGE APPROACH...SIMILAR SFO.
MONTEREY BAY TERMINALS...STEADY WEST/NORTHWEST ONSHORE FLOW
CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND OVER KSNS A LITTLE BEFORE KMRY EACH
EVENING AND SHOULD DO SO AGAIN EARLY MONDAY EVENING. OTHERWISE
EXPECT IFR TO PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO LATE MONDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MARINE
(TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 955 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
GENTLE TO MODERATE BREEZES WITH MODERATE SEAS, CHOPPY AT TIMES,
WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY. EXPECT AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE GUSTS UP
TO 25 KNOTS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE DELTA. BY MIDWEEK, WINDS
BEGIN TO INCREASE AND SEAS BUILD WITH FRESH TO STRONG
NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES AND ROUGH SEAS FOR THE OUTER WATERS AND
COASTAL JET REGIONS.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 906 AM PDT SUN AUG 10 2025
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WITH
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY AND BREEZY AND
GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BOTH LEADING TO
CURING FUELS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES SHOULD
ONE START. POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIRE WEATHER THREATS. AS AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE BREAKS DOWN, THE GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL LINGER,
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. HOWEVER,
THE COOLING TEMPERATURES AND DEEPENING MARINE LAYER WILL HELP TO
MITIGATE FIRE WEATHER THREATS, AND BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK A
TROUGH SHOULD BRING TEMPERATURES BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES ACROSS
THE REGION.
DIALH
MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SF BAY N
OF BAY BRIDGE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR SF BAY N
OF BAY BRIDGE.
SHORT TERM...DIALH
LONG TERM....DIALH
AVIATION...JM
MARINE...JM
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