SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
330 AM PDT SUN APR 28 2002

SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED OFFSHORE OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHWEST TO
ABOUT 300 NM WEST OF MONTEREY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN TRACK EAST
THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MONDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY TO THE CENTRAL COAST. ON TUESDAY...THE
LOW CONTINUES EAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN...AS A TROUGH IN THE WAKE OF
THE LOW MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL AND INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS
TROUGH WILL BRING AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS JUST ABOUT
EVERYWHERE ON TUESDAY...WITH CHANCES INCREASING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
FROM POINT CONCEPTION NORTHWARD. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ON THE LIGHT
SIDE.

TEMPS TODAY WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME AS ON SATURDAY...PERHAPS A DEGREE
OR TWO WARMER IN SOME AREAS. AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES ON MONDAY...
TEMPS SHOULD COOL SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...BUT DROP 4
DEGREES OR MORE NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION.