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FXUS66 KLOX 261747
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Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
1047 AM PDT Tue May 26 2026

.SYNOPSIS...26/223 AM.

A low pressure system will bring cool temperatures, morning
drizzle, and gusty winds to the beaches, mountains, and deserts
today through Thursday. Winds will be the strongest this afternoon
and evening. Friday into early next week a warming trend is
likely, with temperatures reaching above normal by Sunday.

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.SHORT TERM (TDY-THU)...26/818 AM.

***UPDATE***

May Gray has leveled up today to the tune of 4500-5000 feet across
the LA Basin. Not exactly sure what the depth is along the Central
Coast due to the VBG sounding still missing but based on reports
in the Bay area it`s probably around 3500 feet. Surprisingly not
seeing much in the way of drizzle but there is likely some very
light drizzle going on, especially along the Central Coast and
southern areas near the foothills. All this is due to a cold upper
low over the southern Oregon coast that will march down the
Sierra mountains Tuesday and Wednesday. It`s lacking in moisture
but the California mountains, particularly the Sierra, will likely
create plenty of upward motion for showers and possibly
thunderstorms. Can`t rule that out across our mountains and even
lower elevations tomorrow and possibly later in the week as well.

Otherwise, the main impact people will notice today and the next
few days is cooler than normal temperatures, spotty drizzle, and
lots of clouds, except in the AV where it will remain clear.

***From Previous Discussion***

An unusual for this time of year upper low will plunge into Nrn CA
today and will be centered over Red Bluff later this afternoon. It
will spin up a deep marine layer and some local drizzle (esp near
foothills). It will keep partly to mostly cloudy skies over most
areas through the day. Max temps will cool noticeably (3 to 6
degrees across the csts and 5 to 8 degrees across the vlys). Max
temps will only end up in the 60s today across the csts/vlys or 4
to 8 locally 10 degrees blo normal. Winds will be a major issue
today as the upper low will bring strong W to NW upper level flow
to the area esp the areas north of Pt Conception. Cold air
advection with the upper low will help drive these stronger winds
down to the sfc. Advisory level gusts will develop across most of
SBA and SLO counties as well as the Antelope Vly and the VTA cst.

Wednesday will be similar to today except for the winds. The
upper low with a central hgt of 555 dam will be over Bakersfield.
This location will shift the strongest upper level winds to the
south of LA county and this will reduces the wind speeds over SLO
to LA county forecast area. There be another round of morning
clouds with partly to mostly cloudy conditions lingering into the
afternoon. The upper low is quite dry, but there is enough
instability and lift to bring a slight chc of rain to the mtns as
well as SLO county and northern SBA county. There is also a slight
chc of a TSTM over the mtns if skies stay partly cloudy and allow
for some ground heating. Max temps across the csts/vlys will will
cool an additional 1 to 2 degrees while the mtns and far interior
will see 4 to 8 degrees of cooling. Cst and Vly max temps will
only reach the lower to mid 60s. Vly temps will end up 10 to 15
degrees blo normal while the mtns and far interior will be 15 to
20 degrees blo normal.

The low moves northward up to the Sacramento area on Thursday.
This will bring better upper level wind support back into the area
and the west to northwest winds will pick up again. It is likely
that the marine layer will be mixed out at this point so skies
will be partly to occasionally mostly cloudy. Still cannot rule
out rain across mtns and SLO county. The chc of a TSTM is less
than Thursday but still not zero as the area of best instability
will be further to the north. Max temps will warm a degree or two
as there will be a touch more sunshine but max temps will remain
well below normals.

.LONG TERM (FRI-MON)...26/223 AM.

The upper low will pull out of the area Friday and fairly zonal
flow will set up over the area. Hgts will rise from 566 dam Friday
morning to 575 dam Friday afternoon. Further hgt rises will bring
578 dam hgts Saturday afternoon; up to 582 dam Sunday and then
reaching 586 dam on Monday. Pressure gradients will revert back to
typical late May with weak onshore flow to the east in the morning
turning moderately onshore in the afternoon. In the N/S direction
the flow will oscillate between weak offshore in the morning and
weak onshore in the afternoon. There will likely be some morning
low clouds across the csts and locally into the vlys, but the
clouds should be gone by late morning. The sunnier skies and
rising hgts will combine to bring a big warm up. Friday should see
3 to 6 degrees of warming across the csts/vlys with 10 to 12
degrees across the far interior. Most areas will warm 4 to 8
degrees on Saturday and 2 to 4 additional degrees on Sunday. This
weekend warming should bring near normal temps on Saturday and
above normal temps on Sunday. Monday will round out the warm up
with 2 to 3 degrees of extra warming. On Monday max temps will be
in the mid 70s to lower 80s across the csts and 80s and lower 90s
in the vlys.

&&

.AVIATION...26/1746Z.

At 1717Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 4700 ft deep. The top of
the weak inversion was at 6500 ft with a temperature of 10 C.

High confidence in VFR TAFs for KPMD and KWJF. Low to moderate
confidence in remaining sites, as cigs may bounce between VFR and
MVFR through at least 21Z Tue.

Wind speeds may be off by 5 kt (gusts off  to 10 kts) during peak
winds.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in TAF. Cigs may bounce between VFR
and BKN025 through around 21Z Tue. No significant easterly wind
component is expected.

KBUR...Moderate confidence in TAF. Cigs may bounce between VFR
and BKN015-25 through around 21Z Tue.

&&

.MARINE...26/900 AM.

For the Outer Waters, moderate to high confidence in current
forecast. Small Craft Advisory (SCA) levels are expected through
this morning. Then, a GALE WARNING goes in effect from mid to
late afternoon through late tonight. SCA conditions will then
follow through Wednesday afternoon or night. Thereafter,
conditions are likely to fall below SCA levels for a short-time,
before returning Friday night into the weekend. For the Inner
Waters north of Point Sal, today through early Wednesday, high
confidence in a combination of at least SCA level winds/seas, with
a GALE WARNING in effect this afternoon through late tonight.

For the Inner Waters south of Point Conception, SCA level W to NW
winds are expected across the Santa Barbara Channel today, around
the Channel Islands, and into Santa Monica Bay during the evening.
A GALE WARNING in in effect for the Santa Barbara Channel this
afternoon through late tonight, and local Gale Force winds may
occur nearshore Anacapa island. SCA level winds could linger into
Wednesday especially across the channel. Otherwise, expecting
conditions to fall below SCA levels thereafter.

&&

.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...Wind Advisory remains in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to
      10 PM PDT this evening for zones 340-341-346>348-354. (See LAXNPWLOX).
     High Surf Advisory in effect from 5 PM this afternoon to 11
      PM PDT Wednesday for zones 340-346. (See LAXCFWLOX).
     Wind Advisory remains in effect from 6 PM this evening to 6
      AM PDT Wednesday for zones 349-351. (See LAXNPWLOX).
     Wind Advisory remains in effect until midnight PDT tonight
      for zones 381>383. (See LAXNPWLOX).
PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect until 3 PM PDT this afternoon
      for zones 645-650-670-673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).
     Gale Warning in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT
      Wednesday for zones 645-650-670-673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).
     Small Craft Advisory in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 3
      AM PDT Wednesday for zone 655. (See LAXMWWLOX).

&&

$$

PUBLIC...MW/Rorke
AVIATION...Schoenfeld
MARINE...DB/CC/RS
SYNOPSIS...RS/CC

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