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FXUS66 KMTR 100635
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CA
835 PM PST TUE FEB 9 2010

.DISCUSSION...AS OF 8:35 PM PST TUESDAY...RAIN SHOWERS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LOW CURRENTLY SITUATED 80 NM WEST OF POINT CONCEPTION HAVE
FOR THE MOST PART MOVED SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OFF THE MONTEREY COUNTY
COAST MOVING SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 15 KT. WOULD NOT RULE OUT A STRAY
SHOWER OVER THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE CWA TONIGHT.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 30S
AND 40S. MILD AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE NEXT
COLD FRONT APPROACHED THE WEST COAST. ANTICIPATE INCREASING HIGH
CLOUDS THURSDAY WITH RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE NORTH BAY BEGINNING LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MODELS ARE KEEPING THE MAJORITY OF
THE PRECIPITATION CONFINED TO THE BAY AREA NORTHWARD. FORECASTS
BRING AROUND A QUARTER INCH TO THE NORTH BAY TO AS LITTLE AS A
FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AROUND THE MONTEREY BAY AREA. RAINFALL
TOTALS WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE TROUGH DIGS ON FRIDAY.

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS SHAPING UP TO BE MILD AND DRY AS A WEAK RIDGE
SETS UP ACROSS THE REGION KEEPING THE STORM TRACK WELL NORTH OF THE
DISTRICT. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL HOLD INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT
WEEK.

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.AVIATION...AS OF 10:30 PM TUESDAY...CLOUDS AND SHOWERS HAVE MOVED
SOUTH OF THE SFO AND MRY BAY AREA. WITH CLEAR SKIES...FOG IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AT KSTS.

VICINITY OF KSFO...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH
DRYING CONDITIONS. WINDS SWITCHING FROM N-NE TO NW 5-10 KT.

KSFO BRIDGE APPROACH...SIMILAR TO KSFO.

MRY BAY AREA TERMINALS...DECREASING CLOUDS WITH VFR CONDITIONS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
     .TNGT...NONE.
$$

PUBLIC FORECAST: BELL
AVIATION/MARINE: W PI

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