SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
300 AM PDT FRI OCT 29 2004

SHORT TERM...OVERALL...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY. AT UPPER LEVELS...RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WHILE A TROUGH PERSISTS OVER THE INTERIOR WEST. NEAR THE SURFACE...MODELS INDICATE VARYING DEGREES OF OFFSHORE GRADIENTS. END RESULT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SOME OFFSHORE WINDS...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. UPPER SUPPORT IS NOT SPECTACULAR SO WILL NOT ANTICIPATE ANY WIDESPREAD ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS. AS FOR TEMPS...ALL AREAS WILL WARM THROUGH SUNDAY AS THICKNESSES RISE AND WARMING BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS COMBINE WITH OFFSHORE FLOW. HOWEVER... TEMPS WILL STILL GENERALLY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMS.