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FXUS66 KSGX 240846
AFDSGX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
146 AM PDT TUE MAR 24 2026
SYNOPSIS
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE THIS WEEK WITH NIGHT
AND MORNING COASTAL LOW CLOUDS SPREADING INTO THE FAR WESTERN
VALLEYS AT TIMES. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR INLAND AREAS WILL REMAIN
AROUND 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WITH SOME RECORD DAILY
TEMPERATURES FOR HEAT CONTINUING TO BE TIED OR BROKEN, MAINLY FOR
THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AND OCCASIONALLY ALSO FOR THE INLAND
VALLEYS. COOLING WILL SPREAD INLAND FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK, BUT WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR NEXT TUESDAY STILL
AROUND 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.
DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...
SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
WELL-ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE
AVERAGE NEAR THE COAST TO AROUND 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM AROUND 70 NEAR THE COAST TO THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S FOR THE
INLAND EMPIRE WITH THE LOWER DESERTS IN THE 90S. WITH GRADUAL
WARMING, HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 10
DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE NEAR THE COAST TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE
AVERAGE FOR MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, AND DESERTS. COASTAL LOW CLOUDS
WILL SPREAD INLAND INTO PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN VALLEYS THIS
MORNING, THEN NOT QUITE AS FAR INLAND FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS THE MARINE LAYER BECOMES A LITTLE SHALLOWER.
LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SLIGHTLY ON FRIDAY, THEN COOL SLIGHTLY
DURING THE WEEKEND WITH GREATER COOLING OF AROUND 5 DEGREES PER
DAY FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON
FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 70S NEAR THE COAST TO THE LOWER TO MID
90S FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE WITH 100 TO 105 FOR THE LOWER DESERTS.
WITH COOLING FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR
NEXT TUESDAY WILL STILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE LOWER TO MID 70S NEAR THE COAST TO
THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S FOR THE VALLEYS WITH THE LOWER DESERTS
IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. IN ADDITION TO NIGHT AND MORNING
COASTAL LOW CLOUDS, THERE WILL ALSO BE PERIODS OF MID AND HIGH
CLOUDS FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION
240430Z...LOW CLOUDS BASED 900-1300 FEET MSL ARE DEVELOPING IN
COASTAL AREAS. CLOUDS GRADUALLY FILL INTO INLAND VALLEYS AND OC 05-
08Z, UP TO 15 MILES INLAND. FROM 08-16Z, PATCHY FG/BR AND VIS 0-4SM
OVER COASTAL MESAS AND INLAND OC; 5-6SM (FROM BR/HZ) FOR LOWER
COASTAL AREAS. PATCHY CIGS DOWN TO 400 FT MSL (AND VIS 3-5SM) FOR
COASTAL TAF SITES AT TIMES. BASES LIFT TO 800-1500 FT MSL AFTER 13Z
AS VIS IMPROVES STARTING AROUND 16Z. LOW CLOUDS CLEAR TO BEACHES 17-
18Z TUE.
LOW CLOUDS WITH SIMILAR BASES BEGIN TO REDEVELOP AT THE COAST AROUND
23Z TUE, FILING INTO COASTAL AREAS 02-04Z, THEN TO INLAND AREAS
THEREAFTER (SIMILAR EXTENT AS TONIGHT).
OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLEAR AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO LATE
TUESDAY.
MARINE
NO HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.
SKYWARN
SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED. HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...NONE.
PZ...NONE.
PUBLIC...17
AVIATION/MARINE...WESTERINK
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