SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
 230 AM PST WED MAR 5 2003

NVA IN THE WAKE TUESDAY'S TROF HAS CLEARED EVERYTHING OUT NICELY.  CLEAR SKIES AND 542 THICKNESSES WILL ALLOW FOR A COOL WAKE UP FOR ALL  LOCATIONS AND EVEN THOUGH THICKNESSES RISE THROUGH THE DAY TODAYS  HIGHS WILL NOT BE TOO WARM.

 VERY DULL PATTERN SETS UP TODAY AND LASTS THROUGH THE EXTENEDED  PERIOD. BASIC ZONAL FLOW RULES THE PATTERN. A LITTLE RIDGE FRIDAY  SATURDAY WILL WARM THINGS UP. A LITTLE COOLING SUNDAY AS RIDGE BREAKS  DOWN AND THEN A TEMP DROP OFF MONDAY AS SOME CLOUDS ARRIVE AHEAD OF A  WEAK TROF.

  200 PM PST WED MAR 5 2003

 BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY ACROSS THE REGION...AS MUCH DRIER  NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN HAS ESTABLISHED IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAYS  STORM SYSTEM. WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE AND RISING THICKNESSES...  TEMPERATURES HAVE REBOUNDED NICELY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH MOSTLY  CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT...DO EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF CHILLY MINIMUM  TEMPERATURES. THURSDAY SHOULD BRING A FEW MORE DEGREES OF WARMING  IN MOST LOCATIONS...THEN WILL LEVEL OFF ON FRIDAY. ONLY REAL  QUESTION MARK AT THIS POINT WILL BE ONSET OF STRATUS ALONG THE  COAST.  12Z SOUNDINGS SHOWED NO SIGNS OF MARINE INVERSION. HOWEVER  AS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES RECOVER NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...DO  EXPECT MARINE INVERSION TO FORM. WILL INTRODUCE PATCHY LOW CLOUDS  AND FOG TO CENTRAL COAST LATER TONIGHT...THEN TO LA/VTU COUNTY  COASTAL AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT.