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SYNOPSIS

27/1143 PM.

Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy today. Skies will then be mostly clear for the rest of the week. High temperatures will climb each day through Saturday, with temperatures warming into the 70s and 80s. Santa Ana winds are likely late Wednesday into the weekend.

LONG TERM (SAT-TUE)

28/254 AM.

Troffing and neutral or even weak onshore flow arrive on Sunday. this will bring morning low clouds to some of the coasts. Max temps will fall 5 to 10 degrees, but will remain 5 to 10 degrees above normal (Central Coast only 2 to 3 degrees).

More cooling is slated for Tuesday, but next Wednesday the ridge will reestablish itself and kick off another warming trend.

Looking forward there still is no signal for any rain all through February 9th and likely beyond.

AVIATION

28/1120Z.

Around 0745Z, there was no marine layer at KLAX. There was a surface-based inversion up to around 1300 feet with a temperature near 18 degrees Celsius.

VFR conditions are expected through the period, except for a low chance of VLIFR conditions at KPRB through 17Z, and a moderate chance of VLIFR conditions at KPRB after 10Z Thursday. There is a moderate chance of moderate low-level wind shear and turbulence at Central Coast and KIZA through 19Z, and again after 04Z Thursday.

KLAX...VFR conditions are expected through the period. Any easterly winds should remain less than 7 knots.

KBUR...VFR conditions are expected through the period. No wind impacts are expected at this time.

MARINE

28/320 AM.

Moderate to high confidence in the current forecast. Higher confidence exists in the forecast for winds relative to forecast for seas.

For the waters southwest through northwest of the Channel Islands and including the nearshore waters along the Central Coast, there is a high-to-likely (50-70 percent) chance of Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level winds through late this afternoon, then increasing to an imminent (80-100 percent) chance this evening. The winds will veer from northwest to north to northeast overnight and keep a likely (60-80 percent) chance of SCA levels north to northeast winds into Thursday, and possibly into Friday. Seas will also increase today, reaching 10 to 12 feet on Thursday. SCA level seas will persist into Friday, before decreasing for the weekend.

Inside the southern California bight, wind and seas will very likely remain below SCA levels through this evening, then areas of north to northeast winds are expected for the nearshore coastal waters off the Ventura County Coast to Malibu each morning through Saturday. There is a high-to-likely (50 to 70 percent) chance of SCA level winds from late this evening through Friday mornings, with the highest chance from around Point Mugu south and east to Pacific Palisades early Thursday morning.

LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

CA...NONE. PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect from 8 AM this morning to 2 AM PST Friday for zones 645-670. (See LAXMWWLOX). Small Craft Advisory in effect from 9 PM this evening to noon PST Friday for zone 655. (See LAXMWWLOX). Small Craft Advisory in effect until 2 AM PST Friday for zones 673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).