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PZZ750 Coastal Waters From San Mateo Point To The Mexican Border And Out To 30 Nm- 110 Am Pdt Fri May 3 2024
Today - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming southwest 10 knots this afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 2 to 3 feet at 9 seconds and southwest 1 to 2 feet at 15 seconds. Tonight - Wind variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 2 to 3 feet at 9 seconds and southwest 1 to 2 feet at 15 seconds. Saturday - Wind southwest 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 2 to 3 feet at 8 seconds and southwest 1 to 2 feet at 16 seconds. Saturday night - Wind west 10 to 15 knots - .becoming 10 to 20 knots with gusts to 25 knots after midnight. Wind waves around 2 feet or less - .becoming 3 feet after midnight. Mixed swell west 3 to 4 feet at 7 seconds and southwest 1 to 2 feet at 15 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Sunday - Wind west 15 to 20 knots with gusts to 25 knots. Wind waves around 4 feet. Mixed swell west 5 to 7 feet at 7 seconds and southwest 2 feet at 15 seconds. Sunday night - Wind west 10 to 15 knots with gusts to 20 knots - . Becoming southwest after midnight. Wind waves around 3 feet in the evening - .becoming 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 5 to 7 feet and southwest 2 feet. Monday - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming west 10 knots in the afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 3 to 6 feet and southwest 1 to 2 feet. Monday night - Wind west 10 knots with gusts to 15 knots in the evening - .becoming variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 3 to 4 feet and southwest 1 feet. Tuesday - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming southwest 10 knots in the afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 3 to 4 feet and southwest 1 to 2 feet. Tuesday night - Wind west 10 knots - .becoming south after midnight. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 3 to 4 feet and southwest 2 feet.

PZZ700 110 Am Pdt Fri May 3 2024
Synopsis for the far southern california coast - At 1 am, a 1029 mb high was about 1,250 miles west of point conception and a 1003 mb low was near laughlin nevada. Generally weak onshore flow and a coastal eddy will continue into Saturday. Gusty west to northwest winds late Saturday through Sunday evening are likely to generate hazardous boating conditions, especially in the outer waters. Weaker onshore flow follows Monday and Tuesday.

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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Diego CA 302 AM PDT Fri May 3 2024

SYNOPSIS
Not much change from Thursday for today. A low pressure system moving inland through California for the weekend will bring cooling on Saturday and much greater inland cooling on Sunday.
There will be periods of strong and gusty southwest to west winds for the mountains and deserts for Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening with the stronger gusts to 55 to 65 mph. There is also a chance for light showers for late Saturday night into Sunday morning from the coast to mountains. Then warmer and dry for Monday through Thursday, but with high temperatures still a few degrees below average on Thursday.

DISCUSSION
FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...

.SHORT TERM (Today through Sunday)...
There is once again a well-defined eddy over the coastal waters with widespread low clouds over the southern California bight extending inland across all of the valleys. High temperatures today will be slightly cooler for the coast and valleys and a few degrees warmer for the deserts.

A low pressure system will move inland through California on Saturday night with stronger onshore flow for the weekend. There will areas of stronger and gusty southwest to west winds for the mountains and deserts for Saturday afternoon into Sunday evening with the stronger winds along the desert slopes of the mountains late Saturday night and across the deserts on Sunday afternoon.
Gusts to 55 to 65 mph are expected in the windier locations with isolated gusts to around 75 mph.

High temperatures will be a few to around 5 degrees cooler than today on Saturday with Sunday much cooler inland with the mountains and deserts another 12 to 18 degrees cooler.

There is a chance for light showers for late Saturday night into Sunday morning with amounts ranging from a few hundredths of an inch or less near the coast to one-quarter to locally one-half inch on the coastal slopes of the mountains with the greater amounts most likely on the coastal slopes of the San Bernardino County mountains.

.LONG TERM (Monday through Thursday)...
Dry with high temperatures on Monday several degrees warmer than Sunday, as much as 10 to 15 degrees warmer for the mountains and high desert. Much slower warming for Tuesday through Thursday with Thursday high temperatures still a few degrees below average.

AVIATION
030930Z
Coasts/Valleys
BKN-OVC low clouds cover most areas west of the mtns, with bases around 1500 ft MSL and tops to 2500 ft.
Higher terrain will be obscured at times. Most VIS below the clouds will be unrestricted, except local VIS 3-5 miles with fog in the valleys through 18Z. Clearing will be 16Z-19Z in the valleys and 18Z- 21Z near the coast, with areas of BKN clouds continuing at the beaches Fri afternoon. Low clouds will spread inland again Fri evening with slightly higher bases.

Mountains/Deserts...Clear skies with unrestricted VIS will continue through Fri evening.

MARINE
No hazardous marine conditions are expected through Saturday morning. Gusty west to northwest winds late Saturday through Sunday evening are likely to generate hazardous boating conditions, especially in the outer waters (30-60 NM from the coast). Current projections for strongest winds are on Sunday when gusts could be 25- 30 knots near San Clemente Island with a few gusts 20-25 knots near the coast.

SKYWARN
Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions.

SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...Wind Advisory from noon Saturday to 8 PM PDT Sunday for Apple and Lucerne Valleys-San Bernardino County Mountains-San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.

Wind Advisory from 3 PM Saturday to 8 PM PDT Sunday for Coachella Valley-Riverside County Mountains-San Diego County Deserts-San Diego County Mountains.

PZ...None.

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Fri -- 03:18 AM PDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 05:58 AM PDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 06:09 AM PDT     5.07 feet High Tide
Fri -- 12:51 PM PDT     -0.30 feet Low Tide
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Fri -- 12:52 AM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 03:18 AM PDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 03:52 AM PDT     1.06 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 05:59 AM PDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 06:26 AM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 09:51 AM PDT     -1.86 knots Max Ebb
Fri -- 01:14 PM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 02:51 PM PDT     Moonset
Fri -- 04:32 PM PDT     1.73 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 07:32 PM PDT     Sunset
Fri -- 07:36 PM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
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