681 
FXUS66 KMTR 032137
AFDMTR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
236 PM PDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE COASTAL STRATUS HAS RETREATED TO THE OCEAN LEAVING MOST OF THE
DISTRICT UNDER SUNNY SKIES. A THIN LAYER OF CIRRUS CLOUDS HAS MOVED
ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...BUT THESE CLOUDS ARE NOT THICK ENOUGH TO
AFFECT TEMPERATURES MUCH TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING
UP TO 8 DEGREES WARMER THAN SUNDAY AT THIS TIME WITH INLAND AREAS
INTO THE 80S. WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT HAVE FLATTENED THE MARINE
LAYER TO BELOW 2000 FEET...PER LATEST PROFILER DATA. EXPECT LESS
INLAND STRATUS FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...WITH LOW CLOUDS MAINLY
CONFINED TO NEAR THE COASTS. HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER
CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS FOR FURTHER WARMING WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RISE WELL INTO THE 90S IN THE WARMEST...
INTERIOR VALLEYS BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SLIGHT TEMPERATURE
MODERATION IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS A WEAK TROUGH APPROACHES THE
COAST AND THE MARINE LAYER INCREASES. THE EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE IS
THEN PROGGED TO REBUILD EASTWARD BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALL POPS ZERO.
ANDERSON

.SFO...TNGT...GLW...PT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT OUT 20 TO 60 NM.
              SCA...PT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT OUT 20 NM...
                    PIGEON PT TO PT PIEDRAS BLANCAS OUT TO 60 NM
                    AND THE SFO BAY.