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FXUS66 KLOX 272208 AFDLOX SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 300 PM PST WED FEB 27 2002 SHORT RANGE...ALL MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY WITH INCREASING CYCLONIC FLOW AND DEEPENING MARINE LAYER NEXT TWO DAYS. WEAKENING OFFSHORE GRADIENTS ALREADY EVIDENT AS LA COASTAL TEMPS DOWN 10 TO 15 DEGREES FROM YESTERDAY WITH WEAK ONSHORE BREEZES. WILL INTRODUCE MARINE LAYER CLOUDS AND FOG INTO ZONES 40 AND 41 TONIGHT AND THEN INLAND PENETRATION LIKELY THU NITE TO INCLUDE VALLEYS AND UP THE COAST. LOWER TEMPS BOTH NIGHT AND DAY TO BE EXPECTED. HIGH CLOUDS HAVE THINNED CONTINUOUSLY TODAY AND WILL WORD MOST AREAS TO START AS MOSTLY CLEAR AS A RESULT. MID RANGE...STRONG SHORT WAVE TO DROP INTO GREAT BASIN AND INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. RESULT WILL BE A DECENT WIND EVENT STARTING LATE THU NITE IN THE MOUNTIANS AND ESPECIALLY FRI NITE AND SAT IN COASTAL AREAS. 850 MB TEMPS DROP FROM NEAR 14C TO NEAR 9C BY LATE FRI. THUS HIGHS WILL BE MUCH COOLER THAN LAST OFFSHORE EVENT. LONG RANGE...MODELS WEAKEN OFFSHORE PATTERN LATE SUNDAY WITH SOME MODERATION IN AIRMASS TEMPS. MODELS BEGIN TO DIFFER BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND CONFIDENCE IN ANY ONE MODEL IS LOW AS A RESULT. GIVEN PERSISTENCE OF DRY HIGH PRESSURE FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS WILL WORD EXTENDED FORECAST MORE IN LINE WITH ECMWF SOLUTION. LAX 000. MORRIS. .LOX...NONE.