SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
230 AM PST SAT JAN 3 2004

.SHORT TERM...LAST SHORT WAVE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING BRINGING A FEW SHOWERS TO THE CENTRAL COAST AND THE INTERIOR
MTN SLOPES. ASIDE FROM THAT, SKIES WILL GENERALLY BE SUNNY TODAY. MAY
GET SOME AFTERNOON STRATO CU DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS SO
IT MAY BE CLOSER TO PARTLY CLOUDY THERE. TEMPS WILL BE QUITE COOL
TODAY WITH HIGHS BARELY GETTING TO 60 AT THE WARMEST PLACES. MODERATE
ONSHORE FLOW WILL START TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH TODAY AND WE WILL LIKELY
SEE NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE VALLEYS BY AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR
OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT TO GET VERY COLD, DIPPING WELL BELOW 20 IN THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY AND WELL INTO THE 30S IN THE COASTAL VALLEYS.

GRADIENTS TURN OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. NOT MUCH SUPPORT FOR
OFFSHORE WINDS SO JUST LOCALLY BREEZY BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. A
LITTLE WARMER SUNDAY AS AIRMASS STARTS TO RECOVER.