STORM2K

The weather here is WARM! :o Yesterday it hit 84 here at home and the low to mid 90s where I was (further inland and a bit southeast of here). Right now it is 73.6° at 9:05 AM. :o Gonna be a warm one.

Plus, here is my forecast...

ZONE FORECAST FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
330 AM PDT SAT AUG 9 2003

CAZ042-092130-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
330 AM PDT SAT AUG 9 2003

.TODAY...PATCHY EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR THE COAST...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 81 TO 96.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR THE COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 61 TO 66.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR THE COAST. HIGHS 81 TO 95.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR THE COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 62 TO 67.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG NEAR THE COAST. HIGHS 80 TO 93.
.TUESDAY...AREAS OF LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS 78 TO 90.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS 75 TO 88.

and my AFD re: the heat wave (parts not concerning it have been removed):

EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
330 AM PDT SAT AUG 9 2003

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING HOT INLAND TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A BRIEF INTRUSION OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.

.DISCUSSION...DEEPER MONSOONAL MSTR WL REMAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST. JUST ENOUGH MSTR EDGED NORTHWARD FOR A THUNDERSTORM TO FORM OVR THE FAR SRN SAN DIEGO COUNTY MTNS FRI AFTERNOON. WITH A SLIGHT INCR IN PW'S TODAY...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALG THE SPINE OF THE SW CA MTNS THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY AS FAR NORTH AS THE SAN BERNARDINO MTNS. SOME DRYING SHOULD FOLLOW FOR SUN AND TMON. GFS TRIES TO DRAW SOME HIGHER PW'S NORTHWARD LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE UPR THROUGH MOVES INLAND TO THE NORTH. SOME LOW POPS BUT NO WEATHER HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE GRIDS FOR THE SRN MTNS TUE AFTERNOON.

SAN...NONE.

Update ...

It is now 12:30 PM and the temps are 85.1° here as of right now, and as of 12 noon had hit 90 in Los Angeles, 84 at Avalon Island (26 miles OFFSHORE :o ), 85 in Long Beach, and 93 in Burbank. Add to this 2 more hours of maximum heating and I can only imagine the highs. Especially given that we may get hotter before it gets cooler. :o

Update #2 ...

Looks like our high for the day will be 85.1°. Plenty warm enough for me given my location. We shall see what tomorrow and Monday bring.

Update 2a...

CAZ042-101030-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
230 PM PDT SAT AUG 9 2003

.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 61 TO 66.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. HIGHS 81 TO 95.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 62 TO 67.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. HIGHS 80 TO 93.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 62 TO 67.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...EXCEPT FOR AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS 78 TO 89.
.WEDNESDAY...AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS IN
THE 80S.
.THURSDAY...AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS IN
THE 80S.
.FRIDAY...AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS IN THE 80S.
.SATURDAY...AREAS OF NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS IN THE 80S.

Joshua, I know that's hot for ya'll, but kind of funny....we cool down at night to about your high. :o (maybe a little less than that, but not much!)

Stay in the A/C

1 PM update...

Temp is 84° even and counting. 1 hour or so of max heating left.

87° is going to be it for us today it appears. Plenty warm enough for me.

At my trusty Taylor "Sixes" (mercury U-Tube) max-min yesterday at 2:30 pm MST
(also @ 2:30pm PDT) registered 112 F - for
the highest so far this year.
See this link for the (official) record set at Tucson Airport.........

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/tucson/climate/CLITUS

(If you can't click on it, copy/paste it -
you-know-where)

Stan -

The high here today was 84.8° btw in case anyone was wondering. Local forecasts are as follows:

CAZ042-131030-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
230 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2003

.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE. LOWS IN THE 60S.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS 76 BEACHES TO 94 INLAND.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE. LOWS IN THE 60S.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS 75 BEACHES TO 93 INLAND.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE. LOWS IN THE 60S.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS 74 BEACHES TO 91 INLAND.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS 75 BEACHES TO 93 INLAND.

I wish we could get out of the mid 90's, into the lower 80's even!

I have never seen it pass 95 here coincidentally. :o Today's high was 85 and yesterday's was 86 in case anyone was wondering.

Already up to 82° outside :o Took forever to get below 70° last night. :o

Our high ended up being 87° today. :o Twas a hot one for sure. Ran the a/c a LOT today. <<< because I dread my next electric bill

Looks like the heat wave is on its way out of here shortly. It is 81.6° currently at 1:15 PM. The local forecasts say that a trough is to move in and bring the marine layer back (what is that? :? haven't seen it in a while )

No heat wave today . In fact the %$(^*( low clouds are back. I doubt we passed 80.

What is the defination of a heat wave in California?

In New England, (and I believe across most of the northeastern United States), it is
when the air temperature is 90ºF or higher for at least three days in a row.

For my area I consider it to be 80 or higher; since our average is 76 or so.