858 FXUS66 KLOX 241613 AFDLOX SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 900 AM PDT TUE SEP 24 2002 WEAK SPOKE OF ENERGY AND SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND OFFSHORE UPPER LOW CREATING FOR A WRINKLE IN THE MORNING FORECAST. CLOUDS ARE MORE EXTENSIVE AND LINGER LONGER INTO THE DAY THAN I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THUS A MORNING UPDATE. SOUNDINGS THIS MORNING SHOW SOME SOLID MOISTURE ABV 12K AND SURPRISING INSTABILITY WITH LIFTED INDEX -3. 12Z MODELS SQUEAK OUT 0.01 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ADD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO LA/VTU MOUNTAIN ZONES. SOUNDINGS SHOW AIRMASS STILL JUST AS WARM TODAY AS YESTERDAY SO TEMPS LIKELY TO REACH LEVELS CURRENTLY FORECAST DESPITE EXTENSIVE MORNING CLOUD COVER. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. DENSE FOG FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS ALL BUT DISSIPATED FROM COASTAL AREAS THUS REMOVED IN THE MORNING UPDATE. LAX 000. MORRIS. .LOX...NONE.