SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
 300 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2003

IN SHORT TERM...FORECAST PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD. AT UPPER LEVELS...  RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH WEAK OFFSHORE GRADIENTS. SO...  WILL EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES/LOCAL CANYONS WINDS/NEAR-NORMAL TEMPS  TODAY. FOR TONIGHT/MONDAY...RIDGE FLATTENS OUT AND ONSHORE GRADIENTS  RETURN. SO...WILL EXPECT COOLER TEMPS AND PARTLY CLOUDY/MOSTLY CLEAR  SKIES.

 300 PM PST SUN MAR 2 2003

 SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW THAT BROUGHT SOME BRIEF SHOWERS TO THE  EASTERN PORTIONS OF LA COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING IS NOW DIVING INTO  SOUTHERN AZ AND NM AT THIS TIME. IN ITS WAKE...A WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL  DOMINATE THE REGIONS WEATHER...BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.