SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
445 AM PDT SUN MAY 2 2010

SYNOPSIS...  FAIR AND DRY WITH A GENERAL WARMING TREND WELL INTO NEXT WEEK AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER OUR AREA. LOOK FOR NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUE)... FORECASTED EDDY NOT PANNING OUT AS EXPECTED AND CLOUD COVER IS QUITE A BIT LESS THAN PREDICTED. CLOUDS ARE NOT FORMING OVER ANY PART OF SLO COUNTY. HAVE SCALED BACK ON CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA AS A RESULT. ALSO WARMED UP THE TEMPS ALONG THE COAST ESP OVER THE VENTURA COASTAL PLAIN. WINDS DIED DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY AS WELL AND ALL THE ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN SBA COUNTY AND A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE I-5 CORRIDOR. ASIDE FROM THE MORNING CLOUDS TODAY WILL BE A VERY NICE DAY WITH SUNNY SKIES AND MAX TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE 70S.

ON MONDAY A RIDGE MOVES DIRECTLY WITH 582 DM HGTS OVER L.A. WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW ALSO SETS UP. WHILE THE MARINE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RATHER VEXING THE PAST FEW DAYS FEEL THAT THE WARMING AND SUBSIDENCE OF THE HIGH WILL ALLOW A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER TO FORM AND THAT THE OFFSHORE PUSH WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DISLODGE IT. THESE CLOUDS WILL MOSTLY LIKELY ONLY AFFECT THE BEACHES SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION AND FOR THE MOST PART SKIES WILL BE CLEAR. THERE WILL BE A LITTLE SUNDOWNER BUT ONLY OF THE 15 TO 25 MPH VARIETY. MONDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY WITH WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW AND THE UPPER HIGH. THERE WILL BE LITTLE CANYON WINDS BECAUSE OF THE WEAKNESS OF THE OFFSHORE PUSH BUT IT WILL ALLOW FOR A NICE WARM UP WITH MOST COASTAL AND VLY AREAS HAVING MID 70S TO MID 80S FOR MAX TEMPS AND A FEW UPPER 80S READING LIKELY IN THE WARMEST AREAS.