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Starting on 2025-03-18 PDT

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FXUS66 KMTR 180852
AFDMTR

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
152 AM PDT Tue Mar 18 2025

...New SYNOPSIS, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM...

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 151 AM PDT Tue Mar 18 2025

Lingering showers continue in the higher elevations of the Central 
Coast, expected to diminish overnight. Chilly morning temperatures 
will settle in for the next couple of days, with Frost Advisories 
issued for the North bay and Central Coast interior. Light rain is 
expected for the Bay Area on Wednesday, with temperatures turning 
mild towards the latter part of the week.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Today and tonight)
Issued at 151 AM PDT Tue Mar 18 2025

Radar imagery is showing some lingering showers across the northern 
Santa Lucia range, the byproduct of bay effect processes where 
moisture from Monterey Bay interacts with the higher terrain to 
enhance the shower activity, and across the higher elevations of San 
Benito and interior Monterey Counties. The shower activity is 
relatively light, with only a few hundredths of an inch of 
additional rainfall totals, and is expected to diminish over the 
rest of the night. The rest of the region varies from mostly clear 
skies over the North Bay, into generally higher elevation stratus in 
the Bay Area and down into the Central Coast. This stratus is 
expected to continue diminishing through the night, mixed out by 
breezy winds aloft. Thus, temperatures are expected to dip through 
sunrise. A Frost Advisory is in effect this morning through 9 AM in 
the North Bay interior, the southern Salinas Valley, the Santa Lucia 
range, and the mountains of San Benito and interior Monterey 
counties. Temperatures in these areas reach into the lower to middle 
30s, Elsewhere, lows this morning range from the middle 30s to the 
lower 40s in the inland valleys, and the lower to middle 40s along 
the coast. 

Clear skies and light winds are expected today with a shortwave 
ridge passing through the region. Highs range from the lower to 
middle 60s in the inland valleys, the upper 50s to the lower 60s 
near the bays, the lower to middle 50s along the Pacific Coast, and 
the upper 40s to middle 50s in the higher elevations.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Wednesday through Monday)
Issued at 151 AM PDT Tue Mar 18 2025

Chilly morning temperatures are expected to continue into Wednesday, 
with temperatures around the same as those expected this morning. A 
new Frost Advisory has been issued for Wednesday morning from 2 AM 
to 9 AM for the North Bay interior and the interior Central Coast. 
Light rain arrives in the Bay Area later on Wednesday, the fringes 
of a system that will bring impactful rain and snow to the Pacific 
Northwest and northern California. Across our region, beneficial 
impacts are expected. Rain totals have trended downwards over the 
last few model runs, with 0.2-0.3" expected in the Sonoma coastal 
ranges and the Mayacamas, 0.05-0.15" in the North Bay valleys, up to 
0.1" in the Bay Area and the Santa Cruz mountains, and virtually 
nothing in the Central Coast. Further rain systems are expected 
through the end of the week up north, but any impacts to the region 
are limited to transitory drizzle across the northern fringes of 
Sonoma and Napa counties.

A gradual warming trend is expected through the week as an upper 
level ridge builds over the western United States. Temperatures will 
generally tick up on Wednesday with the inland valleys reaching 
highs in the middle to upper 60s, except in the North Bay where the 
fringe influence from the storm system will cause temperatures to 
dip a couple degrees, with the valleys reaching the upper 50s. 
Temperatures in the North bay recover the next day, and by the 
weekend, most of the forecast region will see temperatures near or 
slightly above the seasonal average, with temperatures reaching the 
lower to middle 70s in the inland valleys and the lower to middle 
60s along the coast. Temperatures early next week will be even 
warmer, and the current forecast calls for the inland valleys to 
reach (do we dare say it?) the 80s next Monday and Tuesday. 

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 923 PM PDT Mon Mar 17 2025

VFR-MVFR, showers diminishing tonight. With recent wet weather, a
patch or two of valley fog may develop overnight, however fog is 
not currently advertised in the TAFs; will amend TAFs as needed. 
VFR is forecast Tuesday.

Vicinity of SFO...VFR-MVFR. Gusty west to northwest to 30 knots
gradually diminishing tonight and Tuesday morning. Otherwise northwest
wind 10 to 20 knots Tuesday. VFR is forecast Tuesday.

SFO Bridge Approach...Similar to SFO.

Monterey Bay Terminals...VFR-MVFR with lingering showers ending
tonight, gusty west to northwest winds gradually diminishing tonight
and Tuesday morning. Otherwise northwest wind 10 to 15 knots tonight
and Tuesday. VFR is forecast Tuesday.

&&

.MARINE...
(Tonight through next Sunday)
Issued at 855 PM PDT Mon Mar 17 2025

Widespread hazardous conditions continue tonight with strong
northwesterly winds with gale force gusts and rough seas.
Isolated to scattered rain showers will come to an end tonight.
Another system will bring renewed chances for rainfall, rough seas
and a strong southerly breeze Wednesday into Thursday.

&&

.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...Frost Advisory until 9 AM PDT this morning for CAZ504-506-
     516>518.

     Frost Advisory from 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Wednesday for CAZ504-506-
     516>518.

PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 3 AM PDT early this morning for Mry 
     Bay-SF Bay N of Bay Bridge.

     Small Craft Advisory until 9 AM PDT this morning for Pigeon Pt 
     to Pt Pinos 0-10 nm-Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 0-10 nm-Pt Reyes 
     to Pigeon Pt 0-10 nm.

     Small Craft Advisory until 9 PM PDT this evening for Pt Pinos to 
     Pt Piedras Blancas 0-10 nm.

     Small Craft Advisory until 3 PM PDT this afternoon for Pigeon Pt 
     to Pt Pinos 10-60 NM-Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 10-60 NM.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...DialH
LONG TERM....DialH
AVIATION...Canepa
MARINE...Canepa

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