SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
330 AM PST TUE FEB 8 2005

.SHORT TERM...SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTS TO SHOW PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. CLOUDS HAVE BEEN ERODING A BIT DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...LIKELY IN REPONSE TO OFFSHORE TRENDS IN SFC PRES GRADS. WILL START THE DAY OUT MOSTLY CLOUDY...BUT SKIES SHOULD BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING. IF OFFSHORE TRENDS AND CLOUD EROSION CONT...WL UPDATE THE FCST TO PARTLY CLOUDY...AT LEAST ACRS L.A. AND VTU COUNTIES WHERE PRES GRADS ARE MOST OFFSHORE. WITH AN INCREASE IN SUN AND SOME WK OFFSORE FLOW...EXPECT TEMPS TO BE SEVERAL DEGS WARMER THAN ON MON.