000 FPUS66 KLOX 161418 SFPCA STATE FORECASTS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST SAT FEB 16 2002 CAZ035-036-038>045-047>050-087-088-170200- STATE FORECAST FOR COASTAL AREAS 600 AM PST SAT FEB 16 2002 LOW CLOUDS AND LOCALLY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING WILL BURN OFF BY LATE MORNING...THEN THERE WILL BE VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN BY MORNING. SUNDAY WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN LIKELY... MAINLY IN THE MORNING. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...EXCEPT MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING SOUTH AND EAST OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. LOWS IN THE 40S TO AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. .TUESDAY...VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE. PATCHY NIGHT THROUGH MORNING FOG. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. $$ CAZ046-052>058-170200- STATE FORECAST FOR MOUNTAIN AREAS 600 AM PST SAT FEB 16 2002 THERE WILL BE VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS TODAY. IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG. THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT...THEN RAIN AND SNOW ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 6500 FEET TONIGHT...THEN LOWER TO 5000 FEET DURING SUNDAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 30S SUNDAY. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...VARIABLE CLOUDS AND BREEZY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS...EXCEPT SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN THE MORNING SOUTH AND EAST OF LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S. .TUESDAY...VARIABLE CLOUDINESS. WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY NORTHWARD. PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE. LOWS IN THE 20S AND 30S. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 30S AND 40S...EXCEPT IN THE 20S IN HIGHER VALLEYS. HIGHS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. $$ CAZ026>033-059>062-098-099-170200- STATE FORECAST FOR DESERT AREAS 600 AM PST SAT FEB 16 2002 TODAY WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY. IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY MORNING. THEN...SUNDAY WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IT WILL BE BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY TO THE MID TO UPPER 70S IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 40S. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 50S IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY TO THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...EXCEPT MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS. LOCALLY BREEZY. LOWS FROM THE MID 20S IN THE OWENS VALLEY TO THE 30S TO MID 40S IN THE SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS FROM THE LOWER TO MID 50S IN THE OWENS VALLEY TO THE MID 60S TO MID 70S IN THE SOUTHERN DESERTS. .TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS FROM THE MID 20S IN THE OWENS VALLEY TO THE MID 30S TO MID 40S IN THE SOUTHERN DESERTS. HIGHS TUESDAY FROM THE UPPER 50S IN THE OWENS VALLEY TO THE UPPER 60S AND 70S IN THE SOUTHERN DESERTS...WARMING A FEW DEGREES IN MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY. $$ BRUNO