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FXUS66 KLOX 132054
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SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
200 PM PDT SUN OCT 13 2002

SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING PLUME OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS
CONTINUING TO STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND THIS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. WEAK UPPER RIDGE OVER AREA TODAY
WILL FLATTEN ON MONDAY AS AN ELONGATED UPPER LOW MOVES INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. NEAR THE SURFACE...PRESSURE GRADIENTS
TURNED WEAKLY OFFSHORE THIS MORNING...AND HAVE BECOME NEARLY
NEUTRAL THIS AFTERNOON. TODAY WAS THE WARMEST DAY OF THE
SEQUENCE...WITH A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING EXPECTED ON MONDAY.

FURTHER COOLING WILL TAKE PLACE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AS
THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY DRAGS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION. THIS
SLOWER SCENARIO SEEMS REASONABLE SINCE THERE IS REALLY NO
SIGNIFICANT UPSTREAM KICKER TO MOVE IT OUT. MARINE LAYER WILL
ALSO DEEPEN THROUGH THIS PERIOD. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES OUT
OF THE AREA...DRIER NORTHEWST FLOW ALOFT MOVES INTO THE REGION
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL DECREASE
IN MARINE LAYER COVERAGE AS WELL AS A MINOR WARMING TREND.

LAX 0000. GOMBERG.

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