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PZZ540 Coastal Waters From Point Arena To Point Reyes California Out To 10 Nm- 850 Pm Pdt Wed Apr 24 2024
.small craft advisory in effect through Thursday afternoon - .
Tonight - NW winds 10 to 20 knots - .increasing to 15 to 25 knots after midnight. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. Mixed swell nw around 2 ft at 5 seconds and S around 2 ft at 16 seconds. Thu - NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 3 ft at 11 seconds and S around 2 ft at 15 seconds. Thu night - W winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. Mixed swell nw 2 to 3 ft at 10 seconds and S around 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog. Fri - NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 9 seconds and S around 2 ft at 18 seconds. Fri night - NW winds 20 to 30 knots. Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 13 seconds and sw up to 2 ft at 18 seconds. Sat - NW winds 20 to 30 knots. Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 13 seconds and sw up to 2 ft at 16 seconds. Sat night - NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 14 seconds and sw around 2 ft at 16 seconds. Sun - NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft and sw around 2 ft. Mon - NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 4 to 6 ft and sw up to 2 ft.

PZZ500 850 Pm Pdt Wed Apr 24 2024
Synopsis for the central california coast and bays including the Monterey bay - Greater farallones - .and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries - .
gentle to moderate nw winds continue into Friday with occasional moderate to fresh gusts possible throughout portions of the coastal waters. Gustier fresh to strong winds with near gale force and isolated gale force gusts possible heading into Friday as an upper level trough and surface low pressure system move inland. Moderate period northwest swell will continue to move through the waters through Saturday. Light long period southerly swell continues through end of forecast period.

FXUS66 KSTO 242032 AFDSTO

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Sacramento CA 132 PM PDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Synopsis
Cool and unsettled weather this week. A chance for afternoon showers and thunderstorms over the mountains today. Precipitation chances increase Thursday afternoon and Friday as a weather system moves through, best chances in the foothills and mountains.

Discussion
Afternoon GOES satellite imagery shows partly to mostly cloudy skies across interior NorCal. Near to slightly below average temperatures are forecast this afternoon. NorCal remains in between systems as upstream short-wave energy approaches from the Gulf of Alaska and the closed low moves into SoCal later today.
Another round of isolated showers or thunderstorms will be possible today, mainly over the northern mountains and the northern Sierra south of Highway 50. The NBM indicates a 10-20% chance of isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.

Ensembles show the next wave sliding southward later Thursday into Friday, bringing the potential for light showers. Best shower chances will be over the foothills and mountains. Little to no impacts are expected with this system. WPC guidance indicates less than 0.10" in the Valley, and generally around 0.10-0.50" over the foothills and mountains. A few inches of snowfall accumulation will be possible over the higher elevations (snow levels above 6-7k ft) in the Sierra, but travel impacts will likely be minimal. The NBM projects a 15-30% probability of thunderstorm development Friday afternoon and evening. Lightning, brief heavy rain, gusty winds, and small hail will be possible with any thunderstorms that develop.

Dry conditions return Saturday as riding from the eastern Pacific builds into the region. Forecast highs will be in the low to 70s across the Valley, 60s to low 70s over the foothills, and upper 40s to low 60s over the mountains.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION (Sunday THROUGH Wednesday)...
Dry weather Sunday as weak short wave ridging moves through interior NorCal. Cluster analysis is in decent agreement on general weak ridging/zonal flow remaining across NorCal into next week. By mid next week, ensembles diverge and variation of solutions spreads, so confidence beyond Monday is somewhat low.
Potential scenarios being displayed in the clusters includes continued zonal flow with ridging centered across the southwest and troughing to our north across the PacNW, and then variability on how deep the northern trough could dig and associated timing difference with it. Stay tuned as details become more clear for the forecast next week.

//Peters

AVIATION
VFR conditions over next 24 hrs except for MVFR/IFR conditions in isolated showers or thunderstorms over the mountains through 03z-06z Thursday. A weather system will bring showers to interior NorCal Thursday afternoon-Friday, with areas of MVFR/IFR conditions after 18z Thursday. Surface wind mainly below 12 kts except vicinity of Delta with southwesterly winds up to 18 kts after 00z Thursday. Increasing southwesterly winds after 18z Thursday, mainly over the mountains and vicinity of Delta.

STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
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Fort Ross
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Thu -- 06:22 AM PDT     Sunrise
Thu -- 06:38 AM PDT     -0.51 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 07:04 AM PDT     Moonset
Thu -- 01:25 PM PDT     4.03 feet High Tide
Thu -- 06:14 PM PDT     2.49 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 07:59 PM PDT     Sunset
Thu -- 10:14 PM PDT     Moonrise
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Fort Ross, California, Tide feet

Salt Point
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Thu -- 12:52 AM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 04:17 AM PDT     -1.37 knots Max Ebb
Thu -- 06:22 AM PDT     Sunrise
Thu -- 07:04 AM PDT     Moonset
Thu -- 08:02 AM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 11:03 AM PDT     1.01 knots Max Flood
Thu -- 02:32 PM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 04:47 PM PDT     -0.68 knots Max Ebb
Thu -- 07:40 PM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 08:00 PM PDT     Sunset
Thu -- 10:15 PM PDT     Moonrise
Thu -- 10:42 PM PDT     0.69 knots Max Flood
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Salt Point, California Current, knots

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