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PZZ650 East Santa Barbara Channel From Pt. Conception To Pt. Mugu Ca Including Santa Cruz Island- 905 Pm Pdt Thu May 2 2024
.small craft advisory in effect until 3 am pdt Friday - .
Tonight - Western portion, nw winds 10 to 20 kt in the evening, becoming se 5 to 10. Eastern portion, S wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming se late. Strongest western portion. Combined seas 5 to 7 ft dominant period 10 seconds, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft. Patchy fog after midnight. Fri - Winds variable 10 kt or less, becoming W 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 3 to 5 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Fri night - Western portion, W to nw winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt late. Eastern portion, W winds 10 to 15 kt becoming nw 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Combined seas 3 to 5 ft dominant period 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening.Sat - W to nw winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Local gusts to 30 kt western portion. Combined seas 3 to 5 ft dominant period 8 seconds, building to 5 to 7 ft dominant period 7 seconds in the afternoon. Sat night - W to nw winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt in the evening, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Combined seas 5 to 7 ft dominant period 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the evening. Sun - NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt. Combined seas 6 to 8 ft dominant period 8 seconds. Sun night - NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt in the evening, becoming 10 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Combined seas 7 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Mon - NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Combined seas 4 to 6 ft. Tue - NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Combined seas 5 to 7 ft.

PZZ600 905 Pm Pdt Thu May 2 2024
synopsis for the southern california coast and santa barbara channel including the channel islands national marine sanctuary and national park - .at 03z, or 8 pm pdt, a 1027 mb high was centered 1000 nm W of point conception. A 1003 mb thermal low was centered near las vegas. Gale force winds will continue until late tonight for the outer waters, then gusty winds likely across the entire waters starting Sat afternoon.

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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Hanford CA 230 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

KEY MESSAGES

1. Warming conditions will continue through Friday with highs rising to 3 to 7 degrees above normal on Friday.

2. A weekend storm system will bring significant snowfall to the Sierra Nevada and rainfall to the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra foothills as well as breezy to windy conditions across the mountains and deserts.

3. High temperatures are forecast to cool to around 10 to 15 degrees below normal by Sunday.

4. Dry weather and a warming trend will take place Monday through Thursday.

DISCUSSION
Dry and mild conditions, with some moderate gusty breezes, continue again today across central California in a northwesterly flow aloft. We will remain unseasonably warm on Friday in advance of an approaching low pressure system dropping out of the Gulf of Alaska. High temperatures on Friday will be around 3-7 degrees above normal values for early May.

The incoming low pressure system will begin to impact our area by Saturday, bringing cooler temperatures, stronger gusty winds and significant amounts of rain and mountain snow. QPF is around 1/4 to 1/2 inch along the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, increasing to as much as 1 to 1.25 inches higher up in the surrounding terrain below the snow line. Up to around one tenth of an inch is expected farther west and in the south end of the Valley, as well as for the Kern County mountains. Little to no precip is forecast for the desert areas of Kern County.

Snow levels will start out at or above 8000 ft Saturday morning as the precipitation arrives, falling to 5 to 6 thousand feet by Saturday night and to 4 to 5 thousand feet by Sunday morning as the snow is coming to an end. The low end forecast(90% chance for at least this amount) shows around 1 to 3 inches over much of the Sierra above 5000 ft, with around 5 to 10 inches over the highest elevations. The high end forecast(10% chance for this amount or more) shows as much as 12 to 22 inches over much of the higher elevation Sierra. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the Sierra above 5000 feet for Saturday through Sunday morning, as the expected snowfall will be impactful to persons traveling and engaging in recreational activities in the Sierra this weekend.

Winds will also increase with the passing system on Saturday and Sunday, especially over the mountain ridges and in the typically wind prone areas of Kern County. Probabilities are around 50 to 70 percent for wind gusts of at least 50 mph in these areas.

Sunday will see temperatures around 8 to 12 degrees below normal on the backside of the low pressure system, then dry and steadily warming conditions are on tap for the remainder of next week, with highs back to around 3 to 7 degrees above normal by Thursday.


AVIATION
VFR conditions will prevail across the central CA interior for at least the next 24 hours.

AIR QUALITY ISSUES

None.

CERTAINTY

The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is high.
The level of certainty for days 3 through 7 is medium.

Certainty levels include low
medium
and high. Please visit www.weather.gov/hnx/certainty.html for additional information and/or to provide feedback.

HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
Winter Weather Advisory above 5000 feet from 11 AM Saturday to 8 AM PDT Sunday for CAZ323-326.
Winter Weather Advisory above 5000 feet from 2 PM Saturday to 8 AM PDT Sunday for CAZ327>330.

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