SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
400 AM PST SAT JAN 10 2004

.SHORT TERM...UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
NORTHWARD THROUGH NEVADA WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE REGION FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM...NOW SCHEDULED FOR LATE
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WILL BE DEFLECTED NORTHWARD BY THIS RIDGE. THE
STORM WILL COME ONSHORE DURING THE DAY MONDAY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF CALIFORNIA. AS WITH THE RECENT SYSTEM...THE TAIL END OF THE STORM
SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR REGION
BRINGING THE SLIGHTEST OF CHANCES FOR RAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND ON
MONDAY.

LOOK FOR PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES
NOTCHING UP A FEW DEGREES FROM FRIDAYS HIGHS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW AND MORE SUNSHINE. WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE
GUSTY AGAIN THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SO FAR BEING REPORTED
AT BOTH WHITAKER PEAK [ON THE LA/VEN CO BORDER NEAR THE GRAPEVINE]
AND AT WARM SPRINGS [SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS] WHERE WINDS ARE GUSTING
AROUND 30 MPH. QUITE SURE THAT THESE WINDS WILL STAY BELOW WIND
ADVISORY LEVELS.

SUNDAY SHOULD SEE LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE...BUT INCREASING
CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY FROM THE WEST AS THE STORM SYSTEM TAKES AIM
ON NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EXPECT A DROP IN TEMPERATURE OF A FEW
DEGREES WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STORM ON MONDAY...MORE CLOUDS...
AND THE SLIGHTEST OF CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.