Littlerock, California Weather Forecast Discussion

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FXUS66 KLOX 130810
AFDLOX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
110 AM PDT Sat Sep 13 2025
.SYNOPSIS...13/109 AM.
A warming trend will continue, with temperatures increasing a
couple degrees from day to day through next week. Night through
morning low clouds and fog will affect the coasts and coastal
valleys through next week, and some of the fog could become dense.
The heat peaks during the middle of next week, and will be
replaced by a slow cooling trend and chances for showers and
thunderstorms by the end of next week.
&&
.SHORT TERM (TDY-MON)...13/110 AM.
An upper-level ridge will continue amplifying over the local area
today and persist through the remainder of this weekend into
next week. This will prolong the warming trend. High temperatures
this afternoon will gain a couple or few degrees from yesterday,
reaching the upper 70s to the 80s in most places, cooler at the
beaches. The day-to-day warming will be modest, however, as
periodically-reinforcing troughs over the Pacific Northwest
prevent more substantial height rises from materializing across
the local area. Nevertheless, gradually weakening LAX-DAG onshore
pressure gradients beneath the initial boost in midlevel heights
should correspond to high temperatures rising a couple of degrees
from day to day. By Monday, expect highs in the 80s in most
places, reaching the lower to middle 90s in the typically-warmer
interior valley locales, but remaining in the 70s closer to the
ocean. And with the decreasing onshore pressure gradients and
rising midlevel heights, marine stratus and fog should clear more
quickly during the diurnal heating cycle -- progressively through
this weekend and into early next week -- but still return to the
coasts and coastal valleys each night. There will be a tendency
for fog to increasingly predominate over low clouds, and there
will be a 20% chance for Dense Fog Advisories to become necessary
during the night through morning into next week. Precipitation
will not occur through the period. Weak Sundowners Winds are
anticipated each late afternoon through early overnight this
weekend, though peak gusts are presently forecast to primarily
range from 35-40 mph.
.LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...13/110 AM.
The warming trend continues into the middle part of next week,
peaking around mid-week. Heights at 500 mb are forecast to reach
just short of 590 dam over Southern California on Tuesday and
Wednesday. And with pressure gradients continuing to trend less
onshore from day to day, high temperatures by Tuesday and
Wednesday are projected to reach well into the 90s in most places
away from the ocean, with 98-103F readings over some of the
warmer valleys such as the western San Fernando Valley. Also, the
tendency for night through morning fog -- potentially dense -- to
be favored over low clouds across the coasts and coastal valleys
will continue, and there will be a 20% chance for Dense Fog
Advisories to be necessary next week.
Also of note, monsoonal moisture is forecast to begin to re-enter
the area by the middle of next week, which could boost heat
indices and elevate overnight lows (readings not falling much
below 70F in many areas). Regarding heat impacts, currently next
Wednesday appears to feature the hottest temperatures, and there
is a 20% chance for Heat Advisories to become necessary in some
areas on Wednesday -- given high temperatures several degrees
above normal away from the coast, increased humidity, and limited
relief from the heat with the elevated overnight low temperatures.
Medium-range model guidance suggests that the aforementioned
monsoonal moisture appears to come from the phasing of a diffuse
and slow-moving upper low off the Southern California coast --
largely detached from steering currents aloft -- and a poleward
flux of tropical moisture east of the upper low, potentially
emanating from a remnant tropical cyclone and other waves. There
are a lot of mesoscale factors that will greatly influence the
impact of this moisture on local-area sensible weather,
especially given the distant forecast-time range. However, an
appreciable subset of numerical model solutions suggest that this
pattern will favor shower and thunderstorm potential across the
local area next Thursday through Friday, drying out by next
weekend. Given the westward-displaced moisture plume directed by
the flow around the offshore upper low, modest shower and
thunderstorm chances will be distributed across most areas, and
there could even be a nocturnal component to this activity. And
given the position of the upper low offshore, even further
increases in humidity and cloud coverage are currently expected to
yield a slow cooling trend by late next week into next weekend.
Overall, this is a low-confidence forecast -- given low
predictability inherent to such small-scale forcing features at
this distant of a forecast-time range, though thunderstorm impacts
will be possible. Interests across the region are encouraged to
monitor the latest information from the National Weather Service
as forecast details become refined into next week.
&&
.AVIATION...13/0546Z.
Around 0437Z at KLAX, the marine layer depth was 1800 ft. There
was an inversion up to 3600 ft with a temperature of 17 degrees C.
High confidence in TAFs for KPMD and KWJF.
Low to moderate confidence in all coastal and valley TAFs. Patchy
marine layer clouds are once again the theme tonight, thus
conditions may frequently bounce between SCT and BKN through 18Z.
IFR to MVFR conds are expected, except LIFR at KSMX, KSBP, and
KPRB. There is a 30% chance for IFR to MVFR cigs at KSBA between
13Z and 20Z. Arrival and clearing times this morning may be off
by 2 hours, with highest uncertainty for clearing times at
immediate coastal sites. Winds may gusts 5-10 kt stronger at
times.
After 00Z, higher confidence in a more uniform marine layer at
coastal sites compared to tonight and this morning, with cig
heights at least 200 ft lower.
KLAX...Low confidence in TAF. 30% chance for BKN008-010 before
13Z. Arrival times may be off by 90 minutes, and clearing times
may be off by 2 hours. Higher confidence in a more uniform marine
layer tomorrow night (after 00Z), with cigs likely at least 200 ft
lower. There is a 15 percent chance of a southeast wind component
reaching 8 kt from 10Z-17Z.
KBUR...Low confidence in TAF. Arrival of BKN005-015 cigs tonight
may be off by 2 hours, with a 20% chance of conds remaining VFR
through the period.
&&
.MARINE...13/102 AM.
Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level NW winds (20-30 kts) will impact
the outer waters and the nearshore waters along the Central Coast
through late Sunday night, peaking in the afternoon and evening
hours, with relative lulls each morning. There is a 50% chance for
Gale Force winds (34-38 kts) Sunday afternoon through evening for
the northern Outer Waters beyond 20 NM from shore. Chances for
Gales nearshore to 20 NM away from shore are 30%. Seas will peak
around 6 to 8 feet through late Sunday. Condition will remain
sub-advisory Monday and Tuesday.
For the inner waters south of Point Conception, there is a
moderate chance of SCA level winds (up to 25 kts) across the
western portion of the Santa Barbara Channel during the afternoon
and evening hours on Saturday and Sunday, but winds should stay in
the western portion of the Channel, thus no SCA will be issued
at this point. Seas will be choppy and peak at 3 to 4 feet this
weekend. Elsewhere and otherwise, winds will remain sub-advisory
through Tuesday.
&&
.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...NONE.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect from noon today to 9 PM PDT
      this evening for zone 645. (See LAXMWWLOX).
     Small Craft Advisory in effect until 3 PM PDT Sunday for zone
      670. (See LAXMWWLOX).
     Gale Watch in effect from Sunday afternoon through late
      Sunday night for zone 670. (See LAXMWWLOX).
     Small Craft Advisory in effect until 3 AM PDT Monday for
      zones 673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).
&&
$$
PUBLIC...Cohen
AVIATION...Lewis
MARINE...Lewis
SYNOPSIS...Cohen
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