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PZZ655 Inner Waters From Point Mugu To San Mateo Pt. Ca Including Santa Catalina And Anacapa Islands- 232 Am Pst Sun Dec 3 2023
Today..Winds variable 10 kt or less, becoming nw 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 7 seconds.
Tonight..NW winds 10 to 15 kt in the evening, becoming variable 10 kt or less. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 4 ft at 7 seconds.
Mon..NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 4 ft at 11 seconds.
Mon night..NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 17 seconds.
Tue..N winds 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 4 ft at 16 seconds.
Tue night..NW winds 10 to 15 kt in the evening, becoming N 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 4 ft at 15 seconds.
Wed..NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 to 5 ft.
Thu..NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 to 5 ft.

PZZ600 232 Am Pst Sun Dec 3 2023
synopsis for the southern california coast and santa barbara channel including the channel islands national marine sanctuary and national park...at 10z or 2 am pst, a 1028 mb high was centered 500 nm southwest of point conception and a 1022 mb low was over the channel islands. Gusty nw winds will affect the outer waters near and south of the channel islands through Monday.

FXUS66 KSGX 031020 AFDSGX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Diego CA 220 AM PST Sun Dec 3 2023

SYNOPSIS
Warming is still on track this week as high pressure builds over the West. The nights will stay quite cool though, especially in those wind-sheltered valleys. Warmest days will come midweek, when temperatures will be well above average. A trough approaching the West Coast will knock down the ridge on Thursday, with gusty onshore winds and cooling over California as it moves rapidly inland. Once it passes, look for another shot of gusty Santa Ana winds with fair and dry weather next weekend.

DISCUSSION
FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...

It was another mostly clear and cold night over SoCal. At 2 AM PST several inland valley sites had temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s. There were some thin, high clouds drifting from north to south over the State, but the only low clouds visible, were well offshore. Winds were light.

A flat ridge over the far EastPac was slowly expanding eastward over SoCal today. It will be tempered by a few weak shortwaves moving through it, but will manage to support a strong sfc high over the Great Basin. This sfc gradient will force offshore flow over SoCal over the next few days. These winds will be locally gusty below the passes and canyons, but not strong or widespread. They will however be sufficient to dry and warm areas west of the mountains under fair skies. The midweek period looks to be the peak of the warming, when highs could be 10F or more above average. Winds turn back onshore, and may get gusty over the mts/deserts late Thursday, as a trough slides inland, flattening the ridge, and flipping the sfc pressure gradient back onshore. It will bring some cooling (only to about average) over SoCal Thursday into Friday.

As the trough races eastward and digs over the southern Great Plains, the ridge over the EastPac amplifies back northward along the West Coast, rebuilding the sfc high over the Interior West, and forcing more offshore winds over Socal. This looks to be a temporary burst of gusty, dry, Santa Ana weather next weekend, before confidence falters, and the upper air pattern becomes more unstable.
This is evident in the ensemble spreads as we move through next week, but it's more about temperatures than precipitation. The vast majority are dry for SoCal into mid month, so the forecast stays dry.

AVIATION
031030Z...Occasional SCT clouds above 20000 ft MSL with unrestricted VIS will continue through Mon morning.

MARINE
No hazardous marine weather is expected through Thursday.

SKYWARN
Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions.

SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...None.
PZ...None.

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Balboa Pier
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Sun -- 03:21 AM PST     3.56 feet High Tide
Sun -- 06:39 AM PST     Sunrise
Sun -- 06:52 AM PST     3.32 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 11:47 AM PST     Moonset
Sun -- 12:13 PM PST     4.23 feet High Tide
Sun -- 04:43 PM PST     Sunset
Sun -- 08:26 PM PST     0.58 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 10:39 PM PST     Moonrise
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Los Patos (highway bridge)
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Sun -- 04:30 AM PST     3.08 feet High Tide
Sun -- 06:40 AM PST     Sunrise
Sun -- 08:04 AM PST     2.07 feet Low Tide
Sun -- 11:48 AM PST     Moonset
Sun -- 01:22 PM PST     3.66 feet High Tide
Sun -- 04:43 PM PST     Sunset
Sun -- 09:38 PM PST     0.36 feet Low Tide
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