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FXUS66 KLOX 060457
AFDLOX

SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
955 PM PDT WED MAY 5 2004

.SHORT TERM...MARINE LAYER THIS EVENING STILL RATHER SHALLOW ONLY
ABOUT 600 FT AT LAX...BUT UP TO 1300 FT AT VBG. MARINE LAYER CLOUDS
STARTING TO EXPAND INTO THE COAST THIS EVENING...AND SOME LOCAL DENSE
FOG HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE SBA S COAST. THE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD
CONTINUE TO EXPAND INLAND OVERNIGHT. THE MARINE LAYER SHOULD INCREASE
IN DEPTH OVERNIGHT SO THE LOCAL DENSE FOG SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. 

A BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW IS FORECAST TO LINGER WELL OFF THE NORTHERN
CA/OREGON COAST THU THRU SAT. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER
PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE DISTRICT DURING THE PERIOD...WITH THE
USUAL NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG OVER THE COAST AND VALLEYS.
TEMPS WILL STILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THU...THEN SHOULD COOL 
BACK TO ABOUT NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FRI AND SAT.

.LONG TERM...THE LATEST GFS FORECASTS THE UPPER LOW TO PERSIST OFF THE
PAC NW COAST SUN...THEN THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SE INTO
NORTHERN CA ON MON. THE ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD INCREASE SOME ON MON...
OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN. DRY
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THRU MON...ALONG WITH TEMPS NEAR NORMAL.

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