AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
908 AM PDT SAT APR 2 2016

SYNOPSIS...

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING MILD WEATHER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... WITH NIGHT THROUGH MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG FOR SOME COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS.  WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS.  A CUTOFF LOW APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING COOLER WEATHER AND A CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

SHORT TERM...(TDY-MON)

MARINE LAYER WAS AROUND 1500 FT DEEP AT KVBG EARLY THIS MORNING... WITH A SURFACE-BASED GENERALLY WEAK INVERSION AT KLAX. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG PREVAILED THIS MORNING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COAST AND SALINAS RIVER VLY.  PATCHY DENSE FOG WAS NOTED IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. S OF POINT CONCEPTION.. .DISORGANIZED LOW CLOUD PATTERN WITH AN EDDY... WITH SOME LOW CLOUDS INTO THE L.A. COUNTY COASTAL AREAS AND JUST OFF THE SBA COUNTY S COAST.  ALL THE LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES.  OTHERWISE... MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY.  TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 AT THE BEACHES... 70S FOR THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN... AND MID 70S TO LOWER 80S IN THE VLYS AND FOOTHILLS INCLUDING THE ANTELOPE VLY.  THESE TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT 3 TO 12 DEG ABOVE NORMAL AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL LINGER OVER SRN CA TODAY... THEN MOVE SLOWLY OFF TO THE E TONIGHT AND SUN AS A GENERALLY WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE E PAC.  WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROFFINESS WILL THEN PERSIST OVER SRN CA SUN NIGHT AND MON.

IT LOOKS VARYING AMOUNTS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD AFFECT THE CENTRAL COAST AND SANTA YNEZ VLY TONIGHT THROUGH SUN MORNING. S OF POINT CONCEPTION.. .AN VERY WEAK EDDY SHOULD DEVELOP TONIGHT... WITH SOME MARINE LAYER CLOUDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE L.A. COUNTY COAST... POSSIBLY SPREADING TO THE IMMEDIATE VTU COUNTY COAST SUN MORNING.  OTHERWISE... MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THRU SUN.  WEAK VARIABLE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST TONIGHT INTO SUN MORNING... WITH GENERALLY WEAK ONSHORE FLOW SUN AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST ON SUN... WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S FOR THE INLAND COASTAL PLAIN... AND 70S TO LOW 80S IN THE VLYS AND FOOTHILLS.