477 FXUS66 KLOX 051007 AFDLOXArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 307 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025
.SYNOPSIS...05/224 AM.
A broad trough of low pressure over the West will keep cooler than normal conditions in place through at least Friday. Light rain is possible towards the end of the week.
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.SHORT TERM (TDY-TUE)...05/243 AM.
Pretty benign weather on tap for the next three days. At the upper levels a broad pos tilt trof today will spawn a weak cut off low to the west of the Central coast on Monday. The low will not move much and will remain around that location through Tuesday. Weak flow at the sfc will occur all three days.
There are not too many marine layer low clouds this morning. By dawn only western SBA county and the southern LA County coast will likely wake up to low clouds. Low clouds will likely become more widespread as the cyclonic turning aloft increases and the inversion strengthens.
Most areas will warm up today as yesterday`s cooler airmass is scoured out. Even with the warming, most max temps will end up 2 to 5 degrees blo normal. Not much change in the temps either Monday or Tuesday as there will be little change in the over all synoptic pattern.
.LONG TERM (WED-SAT)...05/307 AM.
The upper low opens up and moves across the state on Wednesday. This will bring an increase in low clouds which will likely cover the vlys as well as the csts. Clearing will be slow in places. Max temps will drop 2 to 4 degrees and will mostly be in the 70s across the csts/vlys with a few lower 80s in the vlys.
SW flow develops over the state as humongous upper low approaches WA/OR and Nrn CA. The effects the upper low will really not reach Srn CA and there will be another day will lots of morning marine layer clouds and well blo normal max temps.
Mdl agreement falls off rather abruptly for Friday and Saturday as mdls struggle to assimilate the huge upper low which is moving southward and a new tropical system coming up from the south. The current forecast calls for a 10 to 20 percent chc of rain mostly for LA county on Fri and Sat due to some solutions keeping the tropical moisture more to the east. It will likely take more than few more mdl runs to really pin the forecast for these two days down. In the for what its worth department the ensemble blend calls for 3 to 5 degrees of warming Friday and then 3 to 5 degrees of cooling on Saturday, but this forecast will likely change over the next few days.
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.AVIATION...05/0657Z.
At 0515Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 500 ft deep. The top of the inversion was at 1000 ft with a temperature of 19 C.
Good confidence in TAFs for KSBA, KOXR, KCMA, KBUR, KVNY, KPMD and KWJF.
Moderate confidence in TAFs for KSMX and KSBP where flight cat changes could be off by +/- 90 minutes.
Low confidence in TAFs for KSMO, KLAX and KLGB with a 40 percent chc of IFR conds 12Z-16Z (KSMO) and a 40 percent chc of no low clouds (KLAX and KLGB).
KLAX...Low confidence in TAF with a 40 percent chc of no clouds. Good confidence in TAF after 17Z. Good confidence that any east wind component will be under 6 kt.
KBUR...High confidence in CAVU TAF.
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.MARINE...04/732 PM.
High confidence in Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level winds across the outer waters and nearshore waters along the Central Coast through early Sunday morning. Seas will remain choppy and hazardous for small craft through tonight. Thereafter, conditions are likely to remain below SCA criteria through mid-week.
For the inner waters south of Point Conception, SCA level winds & choppy seas are expected across the Santa Barbara Channel through late this evening. Thereafter, conditions generally look to remain below SCA criteria through mid-week.
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.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect until 9 AM PDT this morning for zones 670-673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).
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PUBLIC...Rorke AVIATION...Rorke MARINE...Black/Ciliberti SYNOPSIS...Hall
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