Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Oxnard, CA

.SHORT TERM (TUE-FRI)...27/703 PM.

***UPDATE***

Another very quiet weather day saw max temperatures a few degrees cooler in many areas compared to yesterday. Further cooling is expected across most of the area tomorrow as well. Mid and high clouds will expand over the area leading to partly to mostly cloudy skies. Some marine layer stratus clouds will try to form in some areas like the LA Basin, but the higher clouds will likely disrupt the marine layer's formation by limiting the radiational cooling.

***From Previous Discussion***

Dry and mild conditions are expected through at least Thursday as a trough pattern develops along the West coast. Increasing low clouds and fog are possible through the week as onshore flow increases ahead of the next upper low. Otherwise, minimal if any weather impacts through the short range period. Temperatures will lower 1-2 degrees each day, and by Friday highs will mostly be in the 60s, except some lower 70s in the warmer valleys. There are still a few ensemble solutions indicating some very light rain as early as Friday afternoon, mainly along the Central Coast.

.LONG TERM (SAT-TUE)...27/238 PM.

The 12z models today continued to indicate a weakening trend with the approaching system in terms of expected rain amounts. This has been a tricky system as it's following under the main upper low moving into the Pac NW. The one interesting aspect are the PW's which increase to around 1.2" Saturday night which could support some brief heavier shower at times. However, the upper low has been trending a little farther south with each run. So there remains still quite a bit of uncertainty but trends are generally favoring a system that should mostly just provide a beneficial rain. And given the current trajectory of the storm snow levels are expected to be no lower than 9000 feet.

AVIATION
27/2329Z.

At 2157Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 1500 feet deep. The top of the weak inversion was 2500 feet with a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius. There was another inversion aloft.

Moderate to high confidence in VFR TAFs, There is a 15-30% chance of MVFR cigs at coastal/valley sites south of Point Conception 06Z-18Z, highest for LA County coastal sites and a 20% chance of VLIFR-LIFR conds at KPRB 10Z-17Z. If low clouds form, mid to high level clouds will likely make any marine layer stratus disorganized, leading to flight cats bouncing between VFR and lower flight cats.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in TAF. There is a 30% chance for BKN020-030 cigs from 06Z-18Z. Flight cats may bounce between VFR and MVFR if low clouds form. Any east wind component is expected to remain under 8 kt.

KBUR...High confidence in TAF. There is a 15% chance for BKN015-025 cigs from 08Z-18Z. Flight cats may bounce between VFR and MVFR if low clouds form.

MARINE
27/1150 AM.

For the Outer Waters, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. Through Wednesday morning, high confidence in Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level winds. From Wednesday afternoon through Saturday, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels. On Sunday, there is a 50-60% chance of SCA level winds.

For the Inner Waters north of Point Sal, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. Through this evening, high confidence SCA level winds. For Wednesday through Saturday, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels. On Sunday, there is a 50% chance of SCA level winds in the afternoon and evening hours.

For the Inner Waters south of Point Conception, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. Through Sunday, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels for most of the southern Inner Waters. The only exception will be the western half of the Santa Barbara Channel with a 50% chance of SCA level winds on Sunday, mainly in the late afternoon and evening hours.

A significant storm system will impact the area sometime in the late Friday through early next week timeframe. There is a wide range of outcomes, but there is at least a low threat of a 12-24 hour period of strong winds and step seas.

LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...Coastal Flood Advisory in effect until 1 PM PDT Thursday for zones 87-340-346-349-350-354-362-366. (See LAXCFWLOX).
PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect until 9 PM PDT this evening for zone 645. (See LAXMWWLOX).
Small Craft Advisory in effect until 9 AM PDT Wednesday for zones 670-673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).