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PZZ540 Coastal Waters From Point Arena To Point Reyes California Out To 10 Nm- 242 Am Pdt Fri May 17 2024
.small craft advisory in effect from Saturday afternoon through late Saturday night - .
Today - N wind 10 to 15 kt, backing to sw late this morning and early afternoon, veering to W late. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave detail: nw 7 ft at 11 seconds and sw 2 ft at 19 seconds. Areas of fog this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Tonight - NW wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to se after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave detail: nw 7 ft at 10 seconds and sw 2 ft at 19 seconds. Patchy fog. Sat - SE wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: nw 6 ft at 10 seconds and sw 2 ft at 19 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Sat night - NW wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave detail: nw 2 ft at 4 seconds, nw 8 ft at 14 seconds and sw 3 ft at 18 seconds. Sun - NW wind 20 to 25 kt, rising to 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 9 ft, building to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: nw 6 ft at 7 seconds, nw 8 ft at 13 seconds and sw 2 ft at 18 seconds. Sun night - NW wind 25 to 30 kt, easing to 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 12 ft. Wave detail: nw 6 ft at 9 seconds, nw 9 ft at 12 seconds and sw 3 ft at 17 seconds. Mon - NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Mon night - NW wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Tue - NW wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Tue night - NW wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.

PZZ500 242 Am Pdt Fri May 17 2024
Synopsis for the central california coast and bays including the Monterey bay - Greater farallones - .and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries - .
northwesterly winds increase through the day, particularly over the northernmost zones with gale-force gusts expected in the northern outer waters. Rougher seas are expected for the outer waters starting this weekend and lasting well into the next work week.

FXUS66 KSTO 171134 AAA AFDSTO

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Sacramento CA 250 AM PDT Fri May 17 2024

SYNOPSIS
Seasonably warm weather continues through the weekend. Mostly sunny and dry conditions persist with periodically breezy winds Isolated shower or thunderstorm chances over the High Sierra south of Interstate 80 Saturday afternoon.

DISCUSSION
Skies remain clear across interior NorCal other than an area of coastal stratus extending inland from the Delta into the southern Sacramento Valley as the marine layer has deepened to around 2-3k ft along the coast. Surface pressure gradient continues to trend onshore and southwesterly gusts of 30-35 mph persist in the west Delta, and local southerly gusts of 15-25 mph in the Sacramento region.

Warm and dry weather will continue into next week as high pressure gradually weakens over the area as short-wave energy passes to the north. Temperatures will be close to average for mid-May and some areas of late-night and morning stratus will be possible in the Central Valley through the weekend. Isolated late-day showers and thunderstorms will be possible in the Sierra south of Lake Tahoe on Saturday, but the pattern is favorable for any storms that do develop to quickly move east of the crest.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION (Tuesday THROUGH Friday)...
Interior NorCal Tuesday sandwiched between EPAC upper ridge to the west and upper troughing moving through the PacNW. Upper troughing gradually increases over the CWA through the remainder of the week resulting in a downward trend in high temperatures.
Some model differences towards the end of the week lead to forecast uncertainty with any precip chances. For now forecast remains dry with highs returning to near normal by Friday.

AVIATION
VFR conditions over interior NorCal next 24 hrs except areas MVFR/IFR in stratus vcnty of Delta into Sac Vly/N San Joaquin Vly til 19z. In Central Vly, sfc wind mainly at or below 12 kts til 00z, then areas Sly sfc wind up to 15 kts in S Sac Vly. Vcnty of Delta, SWly sfc wind SWly sfc wind 15-25 kts.

STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
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Fort Ross
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Fri -- 01:59 AM PDT     1.85 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 03:12 AM PDT     Moonset
Fri -- 05:59 AM PDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 07:06 AM PDT     3.72 feet High Tide
Fri -- 01:34 PM PDT     0.92 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 02:56 PM PDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 08:15 PM PDT     4.88 feet High Tide
Fri -- 08:20 PM PDT     Sunset
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Fort Ross, California, Tide feet

Salt Point
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Fri -- 03:12 AM PDT     Moonset
Fri -- 03:19 AM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 05:59 AM PDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 06:08 AM PDT     0.55 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 08:37 AM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 11:34 AM PDT     -0.76 knots Max Ebb
Fri -- 02:56 PM PDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 03:18 PM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 06:28 PM PDT     0.81 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 08:20 PM PDT     Sunset
Fri -- 09:21 PM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
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Salt Point, California Current, knots

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