SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
300 AM PDT MON MAY 3 2004

.SHORT TERM...
MAIN STORY IN SHORT TERM WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE RECORD HEAT TODAY ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS ARE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN SUNDAY MORNING. SURFACE GRADIENTS ARE STILL OFFSHORE THIS MORNING...AND VERY SIMILAR TO SUNDAY. HOWEVER..MODELS DO INDICATE STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW THIS AFTERNOON. NET RESULT WILL BE NEAR PERSISTENCE TEMPS FOR VALLEYS/MOUNTAINS/DESERTS. AS FOR COASTAL ZONES...WILL EXPECT SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS WITH STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH BEST COOLING ALONG CENTRAL COAST. AS FOR SKIES TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WILL BE THE PHRASE.

FOR TONIGHT/TUESDAY...FLOW TURNS ONSHORE. THEREFORE...WILL EXPECT THE MARINE LAYER TO BEGIN ITS RETURN ALONG COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL COAST.